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 underscore some important Rell vs. Hwei counter statistics that may help us interpret the differences between the two. As an example, Rell’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Hwei’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rell may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Hwei. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Rell normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she takes more damage than Hwei. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rell usually wins when facing off against Hwei, with a 52.5% win rate. Therefore, Rell makes a good counter to Hwei.
While Rell does have a higher win rate than Hwei, when on opposite teams, Rell also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Rell into Hwei.
Additionally, Rell also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Hwei. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rell vs Hwei matchups, Rell is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Rell is an above average counter to Hwei. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Rell against Hwei.
To truly master Rell to counter Hwei during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rell on average accumulates a lot less CS relative to Hwei. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Rell versus Hwei build include Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rell combined at least these three items in her build, she performed much better vs. Hwei than with most other common item sets. In fact, Rell had an average winrate of 52.5% battling Hwei with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Hwei as Rell, you should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Rell vs Hwei LoL games, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.5% win rate overall.
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