Hwei vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Hwei
based on 17,784 Hwei vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hwei vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Hwei vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Hwei
Tips for Playing as Hwei against Caitlyn
Calm down, breathe, and focus.
Each stroke requires precision and intention.
Advice to Win Against Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Hwei vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Hwei in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several significant Hwei vs. Caitlyn matchup stats that may help you realize the differences between the two. Hwei’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Caitlyn’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Hwei may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Caitlyn..
Hwei normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than their matchup does. On average, they receives a similar amount of damage to Caitlyn. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Hwei and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Hwei or Caitlyn?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Hwei usually loses when taking on Caitlyn, with a 46.8% win rate. Therefore, Hwei makes a bad counter to Caitlyn.
While Hwei does have a lower win rate compared to Caitlyn, when on opposite teams, Hwei also has a much greater learning curve that makes them a more complex character to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Hwei into Caitlynas their relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Hwei also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Hwei vs Caitlyn matchups, Caitlyn is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Hwei is a trash counter to Caitlyn. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Hwei against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Hwei in order to counter Caitlyn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hwei on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Caitlyn. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Hwei versus Caitlyn build consist of Cryptbloom, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Hwei combined at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better against Caitlyn than with most other common builds. In fact, Hwei had an average winrate of 46.8% when playing against Caitlyn with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Caitlyn as Hwei, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cosmic Insight, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Hwei vs Caitlyn LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.8% winrate overall.
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