Hwei Abilities Revealed (League of Legend’s 165th Champion)

New Champion’s Abilities: Hwei

Hwei is the latest champion to hit the Public Beta Environment and should be one of the last champions to come out in 2023. He is a unique champion with plenty of abilities. Some have compared him to Aphelios, and if you’ve played DOTA2 before, then he is basically Involker.

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Hwei’s Ability Names:

• Passive- Signature of the Visionary
• QR/WQ/ER- Wash Brush
• QQ- Devastating Fire
• QW- Severing Bolt
• QE- Molten Fissure
• WQ- Fleeting Current
• WW- Pool of Reflection
• WE- Stirring Lights
• EQ- Grim Visage
• EW- Gaze of the Abyss
• EE – Crushing Maw
• Ultimate- Spiraling Despair

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Ability Breakdown

Passive: Signature of the Visionary

• Hwei labels enemy champions by damaging them with his abilities. Two hits with damaging spells leaves his mark, detonating after a delay to damage nearby enemies. His passive urges mixing abilities for maximum damage, making his explosive signature move a pivotal part of his damage strategy.

Subject: Disaster (Q)

• Hwei paints visions of disaster that deals a large amount of damage to enemies.

Devastating Fire (QQ)

• Hwei paints a blazing fireball that flies out in the target direction. It explodes on the first enemy hit or at maximum range, dealing magic damage plus percent max health magic damage to all enemies in an area.

Severing Bolt (QW)

• Hwei paints a long-range, devastating bolt at the target location. After a delay, the bolt strikes, dealing magic damage. Immobilized or isolated enemies take increased damage based on missing health.

Molten Fissure (QE)

• Hwei paints a field of exploding volcanic eruptions, creating lingering lava in its path. Every eruption deals magic damage to enemies hit. Enemies in the lava area are dealt magic damage per second and are slowed.

Subject: Serenity (W)

• Hwei paints visions of serenity that provides utility for himself and allied champions.

Fleeting Current (WQ)

• Hwei paints a current of swift waters in a line for a few seconds that grants movement speed to himself and allies.

Pool of Reflection (WW)

• Hwei forms a protective pool at the target location that lasts for a few seconds. Allied champions inside the area gain an immediate shield, increasing in value over a few seconds while in the area.

Stirring Lights (WE)

• Hwei paints three swirling lights that circle him for several seconds. Hwei’s next 3 attacks or spells deal bonus magic damage and grant mana on hit.

Subject: Torment (E)

• Hwei paints visions of torment that control enemies.

Grim Visage (EQ)

• Hwei launches a terrifying face that strikes the first enemy hit, dealing magic damage and causing them to flee for a brief duration.

Gaze of the Abyss (EW)

• Hwei paints an abyssal eye at the target location that grants vision and locks onto the nearest visible enemy champion. After a short delay, the eye fires at the locked-on champion, rooting the first enemy in its path for a few seconds and dealing magic damage to them.

Crushing Maw (EE)

• Hwei paints crushing jaws that deal magic damage to enemies hit and pulls them toward the center, slowing them by a set amount that quickly decays.
• Crushing Maw summons a maw that, you guessed it, crushes Hwei’s opponent(s), squishing them all together for some devastating AoE damage.

Spiraling Despair (R)

• Hwei casts a vision of despair onto an enemy champion, expanding to overwhelm nearby enemies with ongoing magic damage. Those within suffer Despair stacks, gradually slowing them. When the vision ends, it shatters, dealing additional magic damage.

Our Thoughts

So what do we think? Well, let’s start off with, we hope that Riot does not go back down the route of having a champion with a ton of different abilities, and let’s go back to champions with kits that are easy to understand, haha.

No, but in all seriousness, this champion seems to be quite fun, and I’m looking forward to seeing them hit Summoners Rift later this year.

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