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the Visionary

Hwei Mid build & stats

MageSupport B 599 games · patch 16.16
Win rate
51.6%
Pick rate
3.2%
Ban rate
1.6%
Division
Master
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.16

Solid sample

Start with

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
400 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
52.5% 61 games

Build in this order

Blackfire Torch 1
Blackfire Torch
2,800 gold
Shadowflame 2
Shadowflame
3,200 gold
Liandry's Torment 3
Liandry's Torment
3,000 gold
9,000 gold
88.9% WR 9 games

Boots

Chainlaced Crushers
Chainlaced Crushers
1,250 gold
90.9% 11 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
71.4% WR
14 games · 2% 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 Ghost
57.9% 19 games

Max order

Subject: Disaster Q Subject: Torment E Subject: Serenity W
52.6% 57 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 51.6% of games as Mid on patch 16.16 (599 games).
  • Most common core: Blackfire Torch → Shadowflame → Zhonya's Hourglass — 67% win rate over 6 games.
  • Take Arcane Comet as keystone: picked in 64% of games with a 53% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Aurelion Sol (88% over 8 games). Hardest: Aurora (12% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Hwei is an early-game champion: 51% win rate in games under 25 minutes but 43% after 35. Snowball your lead into towers and objectives.

Items

Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)

Core build

Blackfire Torch 1
Blackfire Torch
Shadowflame 2
Shadowflame
Zhonya's Hourglass 3
Zhonya's Hourglass
75.0% WR
4 games · 1% pick

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
52.5% WR
61 games · 10% pick

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
50.5% WR
182 games · 30% pick
Crimson Lucidity
Crimson Lucidity
52.1% WR
121 games · 20% pick
Swiftmarch
Swiftmarch
66.7% WR
21 games · 4% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
70.6% 3% (17)
64.7% 3% (17)
61.6% 12% (73)
58.1% 10% (62)
54.9% 12% (71)
54.2% 22% (131)
54.2% 4% (24)
54.0% 52% (313)
51.4% 6% (35)
50.0% 5% (32)
48.1% 5% (27)
43.6% 9% (55)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
55.4% WR
56 games · 9% 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
57.7% WR
26 games · 4% pick
Deathfire Touch Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Cut Down Legend: Haste
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
71.4% WR
14 games · 2% pick
Arcane Comet 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. 55.0%37% pick
  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 52.9%12% pick
  • Summon Aery Summon Aery Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies. 40.0%4% pick
  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 50.0%3% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 52.3%51% pick
  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 57.9%3% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 37.5%1% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Subject: Disaster Q Subject: Torment E Subject: Serenity W 52.6%57 games

Most common first three levels: Q → E → W (48%), E → Q → W (57%), Q → W → E (50%).

  • 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...