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the Visionary

Hwei Mid build & stats

MageSupport B 1,467 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
50.2%
Pick rate
3.5%
Ban rate
2.1%
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 16.17

Solid sample

Start with

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
400 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
55.6% 108 games

Build in this order

Blackfire Torch 1
Blackfire Torch
2,800 gold
Hextech Rocketbelt 2
Hextech Rocketbelt
2,650 gold
Shadowflame 3
Shadowflame
3,200 gold
8,650 gold
44.4% WR 9 games

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
1,100 gold
53.3% 392 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
65.7% WR
67 games · 5% pick
Deathfire Touch
Deathfire Touch

Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.

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 Barrier
60.0% 10 games

Max order

Subject: Disaster Q Subject: Torment E Subject: Serenity W
58.2% 98 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 50.2% of games as Mid on patch 16.17 (1,467 games).
  • Most common core: Blackfire Torch → Hextech Rocketbelt → Shadowflame — 42% win rate over 12 games.
  • Take Arcane Comet as keystone: picked in 66% of games with a 49% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Jayce (75% over 12 games). Hardest: Zoe (32% over 25 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)

Core build

Blackfire Torch 1
Blackfire Torch
Hextech Rocketbelt 2
Hextech Rocketbelt
Shadowflame 3
Shadowflame
44.4% WR
9 games · 1% pick
Blackfire Torch 1
Blackfire Torch
Shadowflame 2
Shadowflame
Rabadon's Deathcap 3
Rabadon's Deathcap
50.0% WR
4 games · 0% pick
Blackfire Torch 1
Blackfire Torch
Liandry's Torment 2
Liandry's Torment
Zhonya's Hourglass 3
Zhonya's Hourglass
100.0% WR
3 games · 0% pick

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
55.6% WR
108 games · 7% pick

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
53.3% WR
392 games · 27% pick
Crimson Lucidity
Crimson Lucidity
51.1% WR
225 games · 15% pick
Chainlaced Crushers
Chainlaced Crushers
42.9% WR
35 games · 2% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
63.9% 8% (119)
60.0% 2% (30)
60.0% 2% (30)
58.7% 12% (179)
57.0% 9% (135)
56.7% 9% (134)
55.7% 5% (70)
51.6% 43% (636)
50.9% 19% (281)
47.9% 5% (71)
46.9% 3% (49)
42.9% 3% (49)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
52.4% WR
105 games · 7% 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
65.7% WR
67 games · 5% pick
Deathfire Touch Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Cut Down Legend: Haste
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
51.5% WR
33 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. 47.2%31% pick
  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 60.0%11% pick
  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 56.4%3% pick
  • Summon Aery Summon Aery Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies. 45.7%2% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 51.3%43% pick
  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 45.7%2% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 45.8%2% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Subject: Disaster Q Subject: Torment E Subject: Serenity W 58.2%98 games

Most common first three levels: Q → E → W (60%), E → Q → W (41%), Q → W → E (60%).

  • 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...