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the Visionary

Hwei Mid build & stats

MageSupport C 140 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
47.9%
Pick rate
3.3%
Ban rate
2.9%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Solid sample

Finish these three

Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
2,800 gold
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
3,500 gold
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
3,200 gold
9,500 gold
64.3% WR 14 games

Boots

Chainlaced Crushers
Chainlaced Crushers
1,250 gold
77.8% 9 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
51.3% WR
39 games · 28% pick
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Teleport
46.5% 129 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Hwei

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Hwei wins 47.9% of games as Mid on patch 16.18 (140 games).
  • Most common core: Blackfire Torch → Rabadon's Deathcap → Shadowflame — 64% win rate over 14 games.
  • Take Arcane Comet as keystone: picked in 52% of games with a 49% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Syndra (62% over 8 games). Hardest: Ahri (38% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
64.3% WR
14 games · 10% pick
Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment
42.9% WR
14 games · 10% pick
Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
50.0% WR
6 games · 4% pick

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
50.6% WR
87 games · 62% pick
Crimson Lucidity
Crimson Lucidity
33.3% WR
30 games · 21% pick
Chainlaced Crushers
Chainlaced Crushers
77.8% WR
9 games · 6% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
67.7% 22% (31)
66.7% 2% (3)
64.7% 12% (17)
60.0% 4% (5)
55.6% 13% (18)
54.8% 52% (73)
50.0% 16% (22)
46.7% 86% (120)
44.4% 45% (63)
44.4% 6% (9)
33.3% 2% (3)
20.0% 4% (5)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
51.3% WR
39 games · 28% pick
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
46.9% WR
32 games · 23% pick
Deathfire Touch Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Cut Down Legend: Haste
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
37.5% WR
8 games · 6% pick
Deathfire Touch Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Legend: Haste Cut Down

Keystones

  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 49.3%52% pick
  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 40.7%39% pick
  • Summon Aery Summon Aery Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies. 100.0%4% pick
  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 75.0%3% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 46.5%92% pick
  • Flash Barrier Flash + Barrier 75.0%3% pick
  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 33.3%2% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PSignature of the Visionary

    Hwei primes enemy champions he damages with his abilities for his signature finishing touch.Hitting an enemy with a second damaging spell completes his signature, leaving it beneath them. The signature detonates after a...

  • QSubject: Disaster

    Hwei envisions a series of disasters, allowing him to paint a devastating blow.This ability replaces Hwei's abilities with damaging abilities: Devastating Fire, Severing Bolt, and Molten Fissure.

  • WSubject: Serenity

    Hwei envisions a series of serenities, allowing him to paint invigorating settings.This ability replaces Hwei's abilities with utility abilities: Fleeting Current, Pool of Reflection, and Stirring Lights.

  • ESubject: Torment

    Hwei envisions a series of torments, allowing him to paint controlling visages.This ability replaces Hwei's abilities with crowd control abilities: Grim Visage, Gaze of the Abyss, and Crushing Maw.

  • RSpiraling Despair

    Hwei paints a vision of pure despair. The first enemy champion struck becomes the center of an expanding painting that slows and damages nearby enemies. The vision explodes after reaching its maximum size or when the cha...