Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
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.
The stat comparisons provided here feature some strategic Orianna against Hwei counter stats that may help us understand the differences between the pair. Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Hwei’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Hwei..
Orianna often has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Hwei. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Orianna usually fairs equally well when taking on Hwei, with a 50.6% win rate. Therefore, Orianna makes an ok counter for Hwei.
While Orianna does have a higher winrate compared to Hwei, when on opposite teams, Orianna also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Orianna into Hweias her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Orianna also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Hwei. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Orianna vs Hwei matchups, Orianna is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Orianna is a decent counter for Hwei. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Orianna against Hwei.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Orianna in order to counter Hwei during both the laning 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 suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Orianna often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Hwei. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to use in your Orianna versus Hwei build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Hwei than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Orianna had an average winrate of 50.6% when playing against Hwei with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Hwei as Orianna, you should use the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Orianna vs Hwei counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Hwei as Orianna are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.