You do not need to cast Awakening to regain the ability to cast Last Rites.
You can send the Maiden down a lane alone, be careful though, as she represents a large portion of your combat power.
The Maiden will attempt to assist you in a fight, so choose your targets well.
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.
The stats shown on this page feature some valuable Yorick against Hwei counter stats that may help us figure out the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Hwei’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Hwei..
Yorick usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Hwei. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yorick usually wins when taking on Hwei, with a 54.8% win rate. Thus, Yorick makes a great counter for Hwei.
While Yorick does have a much higher winrate than Hwei, when they face off with one another, Yorick also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Yorick into Hwei.
Additionally, Yorick has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Hwei. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Hwei matchups, Yorick 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.
Yorick is a great counter for Hwei. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Yorick against Hwei.
To truly master Yorick to counter Hwei during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Hwei. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Yorick versus Hwei build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Yorick used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Hwei than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Yorick had an average winrate of 54.8% when countering Hwei with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Hwei as Yorick, Yorick players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Yorick vs Hwei counter picks, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 54.8% winrate overall.
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