Xerath vs Hwei
How to Beat Hwei as Xerath
based on 7,849 Xerath vs Hwei matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Hwei Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Hwei Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hwei as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Hwei
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Hwei Counter Stats
How to Counter Hwei with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several critical Xerath vs. Hwei counter stats that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Hwei’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Hwei..
Xerath often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Hwei. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Hwei
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Who is Better, Xerath or Hwei?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xerath usually wins when playing against Hwei, with a 56.2% win rate. As a result, Xerath makes a fantastic counter to Hwei.
While Xerath does have a much higher win rate compared to Hwei, when on opposite teams, Xerath also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Xerath into Hweias his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Xerath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Hwei. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Hwei matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a great counter for Hwei. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xerath against Hwei.
Other Champion Matchups Against Xerath
Additional Information for Xerath Players
How We Calculated Our Xerath vs Hwei Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to counter Hwei during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Hwei. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Xerath versus Hwei build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better versus Hwei than with many other common item sets. In fact, Xerath boasted an average win rate of 56.2% when countering Hwei with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Hwei as Xerath, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Xerath vs Hwei counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 56.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Hwei as Xerath are given for all ranked divisions. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a specific rank, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.