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How to Synergize Hwei with Katarina on the Same TeamHwei is in the b tier of champions

Hwei with Katarina

How to Win With Hwei and Katarina Paired TogetherHwei is in the a tier of champions
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How to Synergize Hwei and Katarina

based on 2,278 Hwei with Katarina pairs
Win Rate
42.2 %
K/D/A
2.23
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in data from from millions of LoL rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Hwei has gone into battle with Katarina in 2278 recently played, competitive games. By amassing so much complete data from the hosts of League, we are totally sure that we can provide you with robust, accurate builds to help Hwei play with Katarina. It is very rare for Hwei to play with Katarina on the same team. This has only occurred in approximately 1.3% of matches with Hwei.

Hwei Katarina Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Hwei has done a terrible job of fighting on the same side as Katarina. On average, they wins a poor 42.2% of the time the champions try and work together in. If you want to do better as Hwei when playing alongside Katarina by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with her, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Hwei vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Hwei Items

~22 Mins
Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeStormsurgeLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceRabadon's DeathcapCryptbloomShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Hwei to level upq
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Second ability for Hwei to level upe
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Last skill for Hwei to max outw

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
DominationCheap ShotUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Hwei's passive ability p
Hwei's q ability q
Hwei's w ability w
Hwei's e ability e
Hwei's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Synergizing Hwei and Katarina

Tips for Playing as Hwei with Katarina

Calm down, breathe, and focus.

Each stroke requires precision and intention.

Advice to Understand How Katarina Will Play

Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.

Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.

Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.

Hwei Katarina Synergy Stats

Hwei Image
Win Rate
42.2 %
VS
Win Rate
57.8 %
Katarina Image
4.4
< Kills >
5.4
6.5
< Deaths >
6.2
10.1
< Assists >
8.7
0.98
< Killing Sprees >
1.24
88
< Minions Killed >
142
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.45
840
< Physical Damage >
967
19,360
< Magic Damage >
21,847
658
< True Damage >
559
20,858
< Damage Dealt >
23,374
18,241
< Damage Taken >
18,866
10,054
< Gold Earned >
10,950
1.76
< Towers >
1.84
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
1,591
< Total Healing >
1,707
11,879
< Experience >
13,651
42
< Vision Score >
27
18
< Wards Placed >
13
412
< Time Dealing CC >
571

How to Play with Katarina as Hwei in LoL

The Hwei Katarina synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Katarina, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Hwei sees a large worsening in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Katarina. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Katarina helps Hwei perform poorer in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Hwei is an ally to Katarina, they observes a moderate decrease in their full damage output. This change could demonstrate that Katarina does not help cover for them to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Hwei is played together with Katarina on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays without Katarina. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Katarina.

Moreover, when Hwei plays with Katarina on the same team, they on average receives a little less damage than when they plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Katarina does a decent job of covering Hwei in teamfights.

Synergies between Hwei and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Hwei
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Hwei
Katarina

Is Hwei better when played alongside Katarina?

There is no ideal champion pairing for Hwei that will no matter what be their ideal ally. However, overall, Katarina is a very bad teammate for Hwei. By playing on the same side as Hwei, she decreases their win rate by -3.8% to 42.2%. This demonstrates that there is a very bad strategic relationship between Hwei and Katarina that results in them performing worse together than alone.

Katarina has a lower difficulty than Hwei. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Katarina comrades to play with, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to fight well with you.

When playing on the same side, Hwei players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. When paired, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.

In contrast, by pairing Hwei and Katarina together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates much engage. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in their potential.

Regardless of the ability of your Katarina ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Hwei Players

How We Calculated Our Hwei Katarina Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Hwei and Katarina, we analyzed 2,278 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Hwei with Katarina comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Hwei to pair well with Katarina during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The best finished items to include in your Hwei and Katarina synergy build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Stormsurge, and Liandry's Torment. When Hwei incorporated at least these three finished items in their build, they performed significantly better when fighting alongside Katarina than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Hwei had an average winrate of 42.2% helping carry Katarina with this build.

To have the highest chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 42.2% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Katarina with Hwei are given for all ranked divisions. If you want to filter the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.