Hwei vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Hwei
based on 2,077 Hwei vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hwei vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Hwei vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Hwei
Tips for Playing as Hwei against Zilean
Calm down, breathe, and focus.
Each stroke requires precision and intention.
Advice to Win Against Zilean
Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.
If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
Hwei vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Hwei in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some critical Hwei against Zilean counter statistics that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Hwei’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Hwei may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Zilean..
Hwei typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their matchup does. Typically, they receives a similar amount of damage to Zilean. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Hwei and Zilean
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Who is Better, Hwei or Zilean?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Hwei usually loses when trying to fight Zilean, with a 44.5% win rate. Therefore, Hwei makes a bad counter for Zilean.
While Hwei does have a much lower winrate than Zilean, when they face off with one another, Hwei also has a much greater learning curve that makes them a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Hwei into Zileanas their relative depth means you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Hwei also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Hwei vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Hwei is a bad counter to Zilean. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Hwei against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Hwei in order to counter Zilean during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hwei most often gets more CS relative to Zilean. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Hwei versus Zilean build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Hwei included at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better when facing Zilean than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Hwei had an average win rate of 44.5% battling Zilean with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Zilean as Hwei, Hwei players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Hwei vs Zilean counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 44.5% win rate overall.
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