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How to Synergize Hwei with Vel'Koz on the Same TeamHwei is in the b tier of champions

Hwei with Vel'Koz

How to Win With Hwei and Vel'Koz Paired TogetherHwei is in the a tier of champions
Mage
Mage

How to Synergize Hwei and Vel'Koz

based on 2,323 Hwei with Vel'Koz pairs
Win Rate
44.9 %
K/D/A
2.19
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the stats from from millions of League of Legends matches directly from Riot Games each week. Hwei has fought alongside Vel'Koz in 2323 recently played, ranked games. By amassing so much accurate data from the creators of LoL, we have complete confidence that we can produce high quality, usable builds to help Hwei play with Vel'Koz. It is very rare for Hwei to play alongside Vel'Koz on the same team. This has only occurred in approximately 1.3% of games with Hwei.

Hwei Vel'Koz Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Hwei has done a terrible job of fighting on the same side as Vel'Koz. Normally, they wins a poor 44.9% of the time the champions play on the same team. If you want to do better as Hwei when playing with Vel'Koz by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with him, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Hwei vs Vel'Koz Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeHextech Alternator

Core Hwei Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassSeraph's EmbraceMalignanceLiandry's Torment

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

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotGhost PoroUltimate Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandGathering Storm
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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 Vel'Koz

Tips for Playing as Hwei with Vel'Koz

Calm down, breathe, and focus.

Each stroke requires precision and intention.

Advice to Understand How Vel'Koz Will Play

Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.

Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.

When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.

Hwei Vel'Koz Synergy Stats

Hwei Image
Win Rate
44.9 %
VS
Win Rate
55.1 %
Vel'Koz Image
5.6
< Kills >
5.4
6.4
< Deaths >
6.2
8.4
< Assists >
8.7
1.3
< Killing Sprees >
1.24
155
< Minions Killed >
142
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.45
971
< Physical Damage >
967
21,633
< Magic Damage >
21,847
526
< True Damage >
559
23,132
< Damage Dealt >
23,374
19,599
< Damage Taken >
18,866
11,275
< Gold Earned >
10,950
1.9
< Towers >
1.84
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
1,888
< Total Healing >
1,707
14,173
< Experience >
13,651
24
< Vision Score >
27
12
< Wards Placed >
13
607
< Time Dealing CC >
571

How to Play with Vel'Koz as Hwei in LoL

The Hwei Vel'Koz synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Vel'Koz, 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 Vel'Koz. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Vel'Koz helps Hwei perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Hwei plays on the same team as Vel'Koz, they observes a little drop in their full damage output. This may signal that Vel'Koz does not provide protection for them to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Hwei is played together with Vel'Koz on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Vel'Koz.

Additionally, when Hwei plays with Vel'Koz on the same team, they typically takes a little more damage than when they plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Vel'Koz does a poor job of protecting Hwei during team fights.

Synergies between Hwei and Vel'Koz

Damage Types Compared

Hwei
Vel'Koz
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Hwei
Vel'Koz

Is Hwei better when played alongside Vel'Koz?

There is no ideal companion for Hwei that will always be their #1 ally. However, Vel'Koz is a below average teammate for Hwei. By playing on the same side as Hwei, he drops their win rate by -1.1% to 44.9%. This proves that there is a bad synergy between Hwei and Vel'Koz that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

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

Playing alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Although, by pairing Hwei and Vel'Koz together, you may not be providing your side a lot of tankyness. Plan to pick other champs on your team that offsets this disparity in their potential.

Regardless of your Vel'Koz ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Hwei Players

How We Calculated Our Hwei Vel'Koz Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Hwei and Vel'Koz, we analyzed 2,323 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 Vel'Koz 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

If you would like to truly master Hwei in order to work well with Vel'Koz during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The most important finished items to prioritize in your Hwei and Vel'Koz synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Hwei bought at least these three pieces in their build, they did significantly better when paired up with Vel'Koz than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Hwei had an average winrate of 44.9% when synergizing their build and playstyle to Vel'Koz with these items in their kit.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Ghost Poro, Ultimate Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Manaflow Band runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 44.9% winrate overall.

If you would like to view Hwei and Vel'Koz synergy tips and builds for a an individual player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and strategies given are computed using every round finished with both champs.