Zed vs Hwei
How to Beat Hwei as Zed
based on 6,495 Zed vs Hwei matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zed vs Hwei Matchup Summary
Best Zed vs Hwei Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hwei as Zed
Tips for Playing as Zed against Hwei
Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.
Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.
Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.
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.
Zed vs Hwei Counter Stats
How to Counter Hwei with Zed in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some important Zed vs. Hwei counter statistics that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Hwei’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Hwei. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Zed often has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Hwei. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zed and Hwei
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Who is Better, Zed or Hwei?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zed usually wins when facing off against Hwei, with a 52.5% win rate. Therefore, Zed makes a good counter to Hwei.
While Zed does have a higher win rate than Hwei, when on opposite teams, Zed also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Zed into Hweias his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Zed has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Hwei. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zed vs Hwei matchups, Zed is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Zed is a good counter to Hwei. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Zed against Hwei.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Zed to counter Hwei during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zed most often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Hwei. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Zed versus Hwei build include Profane Hydra, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Zed incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Hwei than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Zed boasted an average win rate of 52.5% battling Hwei with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Hwei as Zed, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Zed vs Hwei matchups, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.5% winrate overall.
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