Zilean vs Hwei
How to Beat Hwei as Zilean
based on 2,077 Zilean vs Hwei matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Hwei Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Hwei Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hwei as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Hwei
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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.
Zilean vs Hwei Counter Stats
How to Counter Hwei with Zilean in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several important Zilean versus Hwei counter stats that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Hwei’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Hwei. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Zilean typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Hwei. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zilean and Hwei
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Who is Better, Zilean or Hwei?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually wins when facing off against Hwei, with a 55.5% win rate. Thus, Zilean makes a fantastic counter for Hwei.
While Zilean does have a much higher winrate compared to Hwei, when they face off with one another, Zilean also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Zilean into Hwei.
Furthermore, Zilean also has a great amount of CC and other utility, 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 isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Hwei matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Zilean is a great counter for Hwei. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Zilean against Hwei.
Other Champion Matchups Against Zilean
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zilean 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 pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean often racks up less CS as Hwei. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Zilean versus Hwei build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Imperial Mandate, and Cosmic Drive. When Zilean used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Hwei than with most other common builds. In fact, Zilean had an average winrate of 55.5% battling Hwei with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Hwei as Zilean, Zilean players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Zilean vs Hwei counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 55.5% winrate overall.
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