Viktor vs Hwei
How to Beat Hwei as Viktor
based on 2,927 Viktor vs Hwei matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Hwei Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Hwei Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hwei as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Hwei
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
Advice to Win Against Hwei
After Hwei paints a Torment spell he is vulnerable to being rushed down.
Hwei needs to predict your positioning and take time to cast, catch him by surprise.
Hwei's lightning is deadly but slow; it deals more damage when you are alone or unable to move.
Viktor vs Hwei Counter Stats
How to Counter Hwei with Viktor in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some influential Viktor versus Hwei counter statistics that may help you figure out the differences between the pair. As an example, Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Hwei’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Hwei..
Viktor often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Hwei. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Viktor and Hwei
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Who is Better, Viktor or Hwei?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Viktor usually wins when trying to fight Hwei, with a 52.8% win rate. As a result, Viktor makes a good counter for Hwei.
While Viktor does have a higher winrate compared to Hwei, when on opposite teams, Viktor also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Viktor into Hweias his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Viktor also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Hwei. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Hwei matchups, Viktor is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Viktor is an above average counter for Hwei. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Viktor against Hwei.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Viktor to counter Hwei during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Hwei. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Viktor versus Hwei build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Hwei than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Viktor boasted an average win rate of 52.8% battling Hwei with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Hwei as Viktor, Viktor players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Viktor vs Hwei counterpicks, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.8% win rate overall.
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