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the Visionary

Hwei build & stats

MageSupport A 125 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
53.6%
Pick rate
6.9%
Ban rate
0.0%
Solo/Duo Flex ARAM
16.18 16.17 16.16
Division
All divisions
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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
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
3,200 gold
Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment
3,000 gold
9,000 gold
61.5% WR 13 games

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
1,100 gold
54.0% 100 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Inspiration Inspiration
72.7% WR
11 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
Inspiration Inspiration
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Exhaust Flash
72.7% 11 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 53.6% of games as any role on patch 16.18 (125 games).
  • Most common core: Blackfire Torch → Shadowflame → Liandry's Torment — 62% win rate over 13 games.
  • Take Dark Harvest as keystone: picked in 62% of games with a 50% win rate.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment
61.5% WR
13 games · 10% pick
Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
60.0% WR
10 games · 8% pick
Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Cryptbloom
Cryptbloom
40.0% WR
5 games · 4% pick

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
54.0% WR
100 games · 80% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
33.3% WR
12 games · 10% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
Rylai's Crystal Scepter Rylai's Crystal Scepter
 100.0% 3% (4)
Stormsurge Stormsurge
 61.5% 10% (13)
Liandry's Torment Liandry's Torment
 54.8% 67% (84)
Blackfire Torch Blackfire Torch
 53.9% 71% (89)
Shadowflame Shadowflame
 53.4% 46% (58)
Cryptbloom Cryptbloom
 53.3% 12% (15)
Luden's Echo Luden's Echo
 51.4% 28% (35)
Malignance Malignance
 50.0% 3% (4)
Rabadon's Deathcap Rabadon's Deathcap
 43.9% 33% (41)
Void Staff Void Staff
 41.7% 10% (12)
Rod of Ages Rod of Ages
 33.3% 2% (3)
Morellonomicon Morellonomicon
 30.0% 8% (10)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Domination Domination + Precision Precision
48.6% WR
37 games · 30% pick
Dark Harvest
Dark Harvest

Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
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
Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
55.0% WR
20 games · 16% pick
Dark Harvest Cheap Shot Grisly Mementos Ultimate Hunter Gathering Storm Manaflow Band
Sorcery Sorcery + Inspiration Inspiration
72.7% WR
11 games · 9% pick
Arcane Comet Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Biscuit Delivery Cosmic Insight

Keystones

  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 50.0%62% pick
  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 60.9%18% pick
  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 57.1%17% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Clarity Flash + Clarity 52.7%44% pick
  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 35.7%22% pick
  • Flash Mark Flash + Mark 66.7%12% 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...