Naafiri vs Hwei
How to Beat Hwei as Naafiri
based on 2,486 Naafiri vs Hwei matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Hwei Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Hwei Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hwei as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Hwei
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Advice to Win Against Hwei
After Hwei paints a Torment spell he is vulnerable to being rushed down.
Hwei needs to predict your positioning and take time to cast, catch him by surprise.
Hwei's lightning is deadly but slow; it deals more damage when you are alone or unable to move.
Naafiri vs Hwei Counter Stats
How to Counter Hwei with Naafiri in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some important Naafiri against Hwei counter stats that may help you figure out the differences between these two champs. As an example, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Hwei’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Hwei. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Naafiri typically has a much larger longest kill spree than their matchup does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Hwei. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Naafiri and Hwei
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Hwei?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Naafiri usually wins when taking on Hwei, with a 55.4% win rate. Therefore, Naafiri makes a fantastic counter for Hwei.
While Naafiri does have a much higher win rate than Hwei, when on opposite teams, Naafiri also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Naafiri into Hwei.
Furthermore, Naafiri has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Hwei. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Hwei matchups, Naafiri is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Naafiri is a great counter for Hwei. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Naafiri against Hwei.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri to counter Hwei 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 listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Hwei. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Naafiri versus Hwei build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Naafiri bought at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better countering Hwei than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Naafiri had an average winrate of 55.4% when playing against Hwei with these items in their kit.
To have the highest probability of beating Hwei as Naafiri, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Naafiri vs Hwei fights, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 55.4% winrate overall.
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