Background Image
How to Win Hwei vs Ahri Counter MatchupHwei is in the b tier of champions

Hwei vs Ahri

How to Beat Ahri as Hwei in LoLHwei is in the b tier of champions
Mage
MageAssassin

How to Beat Ahri as Hwei

based on 5,413 Hwei vs Ahri matchups
Win Rate
48.2 %
K/D/A
2.27
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked LoL matches each week. Within our data, Hwei faced Ahri in 5413 matches. Having so many games with Hwei vs Ahri provides us a lot of confidence in our ability to prepare useful stats and a pro build to smash your enemy. This particular pairing is fairly rare. Hwei encounters Ahri in only 3.0% of their rounds.

Hwei vs Ahri Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Hwei has done a dismal job of countering Ahri. Typically, they wins a lowly 48.2% of matches the champions clash against one another in. In Hwei against Ahri matches, Hwei’s team is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood. This implies that they probably will be able to get first blood against Ahri.

Best Hwei vs Ahri Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Hwei Items

~22 Mins
CryptbloomStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

ShadowflameHorizon FocusRabadon's DeathcapVoid Staff

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Hwei to level upq
>
Second ability for Hwei to level upe
>
Last skill for Hwei to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
SorceryManaflow BandGathering Storm
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Hwei's passive ability p
Hwei's q ability q
Hwei's w ability w
Hwei's e ability e
Hwei's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
11
R
12
E
13
E
14
W
15
W
16
R

Guide to Countering Ahri as Hwei

Tips for Playing as Hwei against Ahri

Calm down, breathe, and focus.

Each stroke requires precision and intention.

Advice to Win Against Ahri

Stay behind minions to make Charm difficult to land, this will reduce Ahri's damage potential significantly.

Ahri's survivability is dramatically reduced when her Ultimate, Spirit Rush, is down.

Hwei vs Ahri Counter Stats

Hwei Image
Win Rate
48.2 %
VS
Win Rate
51.8 %
Ahri Image
5.6
< Kills >
6.4
6.2
< Deaths >
5.5
8.5
< Assists >
7.5
1.28
< Killing Sprees >
1.5
145
< Minions Killed >
169
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.47
851
< Physical Damage >
1,346
22,296
< Magic Damage >
15,068
564
< True Damage >
5,094
23,711
< Damage Dealt >
21,509
18,854
< Damage Taken >
21,305
11,089
< Gold Earned >
11,482
1.89
< Towers >
1.98
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
1,705
< Total Healing >
5,258
13,832
< Experience >
14,645
27
< Vision Score >
21
13
< Wards Placed >
10
580
< Time Dealing CC >
71

How to Counter Ahri with Hwei in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize several vital Hwei vs. Ahri counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences between the pair. For instance, Hwei’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ahri’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Hwei may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Ahri..

Hwei often has a similar longest kill spree as their counter does. Typically, they receives a similar amount of damage to Ahri. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Hwei and Ahri

Damage Types Compared

Hwei
Ahri
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Hwei
Ahri

Who is Better, Hwei or Ahri?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Hwei usually loses when playing against Ahri, with a 48.2% win rate. As a result, Hwei makes a bad counter for Ahri.

While Hwei does have a lower winrate than Ahri, when on opposite teams, Hwei also has a much greater difficulty level that makes them a more difficult champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Hwei into Ahrias their relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Hwei has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ahri. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Hwei vs Ahri matchups, Ahri is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Hwei is a somewhat poor counter to Ahri. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Hwei against Ahri.

Additional Information for Hwei Players

How We Calculated Our Hwei vs Ahri Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ahri as Hwei, we analyzed 5,413 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Ahri as Hwei comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Hwei to counter Ahri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Hwei on average gets a similar amount of CS compared to Ahri. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Hwei versus Ahri build consist of Cryptbloom, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Hwei incorporated at least these three items in their build, they did much better versus Ahri than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Hwei boasted an average winrate of 48.2% battling Ahri with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Ahri as Hwei, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Gathering Storm, and Manaflow Band runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Hwei vs Ahri face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Ahri as Hwei are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to an individual rank, you may use the selection menu located at the top of this page.