Hwei

Recommended Build

Patch 16.11 · Diamond+ Solo Queue · Updated 6/9/2026

43.7% Based on 279 games wr in Mid

Build path

1. Boots any step
   

   Sorcerer's Shoes

   1100 gold

   12 Magic Penetration
   45 Move Speed
   
   

   Sorcerer's Shoes

   46% pick · 42.7% Based on 124 picks wr
2. Item 1
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     Doran's Ring

     400 gold

     18 Ability Power
     90 Health
     
     Drain
     Restore 1 Mana every second, increased to 2 Mana per second for 5 seconds after dealing damage to an enemy champion. If you can't gain Mana, heal for 45% of this value instead.
     
     Helping Hand
     Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
     Doran's Ring

     95% pick · 44.0% Based on 266 picks wr
3. Item 2
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     Blackfire Torch

     2800 gold

     80 Ability Power
     600 Mana
     20 Ability Haste
     
     Baleful Blaze
     Damaging Abilities deals bonus magic damage for 3 seconds.
     
     Blackfire
     For each enemy champion, epic and large monster affected by your Baleful Blaze, gain 4% Ability Power.
     Blackfire Torch

     93% pick · 45.3% Based on 254 picks wr
4. Item 3 3 options
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     Liandry's Torment

     3000 gold

     60 Ability Power
     300 Health
     
     Torment
     Damaging Abilities burn enemies for 2% max Health magic damage per second for 3 seconds.
     
     Suffering
     For each second in combat with enemy champions, deal 2% bonus damage, up to 6%.
     Liandry's Torment

     32% pick · 39.5% Based on 76 picks wr
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     Shadowflame

     3200 gold

     110 Ability Power
     15 Magic Penetration
     
     Cinderbloom
     Magic and true damage Critically Strike enemies below 40% Health, dealing 20% increased damage.
     or Shadowflame

     23% pick · 43.4% Based on 53 picks wr
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     Hextech Rocketbelt

     2650 gold

     70 Ability Power
     300 Health
     20 Ability Haste
     
     Supersonic
     Dash in target direction, unleashing missiles that deal magic damage.
     or Hextech Rocketbelt

     17% pick · 70.0% Based on 40 picks wr
5. Item 4 3 options
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     Rabadon's Deathcap

     3500 gold

     130 Ability Power
     
     Magical Opus
     Increases your total Ability Power by 30%.
     Rabadon's Deathcap

     19% pick · 62.1% Based on 29 picks wr
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     Shadowflame

     3200 gold

     110 Ability Power
     15 Magic Penetration
     
     Cinderbloom
     Magic and true damage Critically Strike enemies below 40% Health, dealing 20% increased damage.
     or Shadowflame

     19% pick · 41.4% Based on 29 picks wr
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     Cryptbloom

     3000 gold

     75 Ability Power
     30% Magic Penetration
     20 Ability Haste
     
     Life from Death
     When a champion that you damaged within 3 seconds dies, a nova spreads from their corpse that heals.
     or Cryptbloom

     14% pick · 33.3% Based on 21 picks wr

Most-built legendary at each step (purchase order).

Summoner spells

Flash

Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.

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Teleport

After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.

Teleport 87% · 43.9% Based on 244 picks wr

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Q Subject: Disaster

Hwei envisions a series of disasters, allowing him to paint a devastating blow.

This ability replaces Hwei's abilities with damaging abilities: Devastating Fire, Severing Bolt, and Molten Fissure.

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W Subject: Serenity

Hwei envisions a series of serenities, allowing him to paint invigorating settings.

This ability replaces Hwei's abilities with utility abilities: Fleeting Current, Pool of Reflection, and Stirring Lights.

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E Subject: Torment

Hwei envisions a series of torments, allowing him to paint controlling visages.

This ability replaces Hwei's abilities with crowd control abilities: Grim Visage, Gaze of the Abyss, and Crushing Maw.

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R Spiraling Despair

Hwei paints a vision of pure despair. The first enemy champion struck becomes the center of an expanding painting that slows and damages nearby enemies. The vision explodes after reaching its maximum size or when the champion dies.

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Sorcery

Summon Aery

Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.

Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.

Stormraider's Surge

Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.

Deathfire Touch · selected

Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.

Axiom Arcanist

Your Ultimate has increased damage, healing, and shielding. Scoring a takedown on an enemy champion reduces your Ultimate's current cooldown.

Manaflow Band · selected

Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.

After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.

Nimbus Cloak

After casting a Summoner Spell, gain a short Move Speed increase that allows you to pass through units.

Transcendence · selected

Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:
Level 5: +5 Ability Haste
Level 8: +5 Ability Haste
Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.

Celerity

All Move Speed bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.

Absolute Focus

While above 70% health, gain extra adaptive damage.

Scorch · selected

Your first damaging ability hit every 10s burns champions.

Waterwalking

Gain MS and AP or AD, adaptive in the river.

Gathering Storm

Gain increasing amounts of AD or AP, adaptive over the course of the game.

Precision

Absorb Life

Killing a target heals you.

Triumph

Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health and grant an additional 20 gold.

Presence of Mind

Restore a small amount of mana or energy when damaging an enemy champion. Takedowns restore mana or energy.

Legend: Alacrity

Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Attack Speed.

Legend: Haste · selected

Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Basic Ability Haste.

Legend: Bloodline

Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Life Steal, up to a cap. Once the cap is reached, increase your max health. Weaker earlier but stronger later game than other Legend Runes.

Coup de Grace

Deal more damage to low health enemy champions.

Cut Down · selected

Deal more damage to high health enemy champions.

Last Stand

Deal more damage to champions while you are low on health.

Stat shards

Adaptive Force

+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).

Attack Speed · selected

+10% Attack Speed.

Ability Haste

+8 Ability Haste.

Adaptive Force · selected

+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).

Move Speed

+2% Move Speed.

Bonus Health

+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).

Health

+65 flat Health.

Tenacity & Slow Resist

+10% Tenacity and Slow Resist.

Bonus Health · selected

+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).