Champion sheet · Mid

Hwei

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

20.4%#27 of 173 champions

Pick: 10.2%picked in 664 of 6,487 games
Ban: 10.2%332 bans over 3,246 games, against 2.3% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid51.8% between 48.4% and 55.2% over 587 gamesSoloQ 50.2%: no clear gap

Median length29.6 minsoloQ 28.3 min

Amateur: 6,491 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 336,200 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLength
How to play itArcane Comet, then Blackfire Torch, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 96% of mid laners.TeamfightDamagePoke
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
4.5%
SoloQ
2.0%
4.5% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.0% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
9.7%
SoloQ
2.3%
9.7% ban rate in amateur play over 1,886 games, against 2.3% in soloQ over 129,307 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.6 min
SoloQ
28.3 min
Median of 29.6 min in amateur play, against 28.3 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Arcane Comet, then Blackfire Torch, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesArcane Comet65% · 10,405

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport89% · 14,098

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 75 games

Core (3 legendaries)15% · 961

15%of soloQ games

Blackfire Torch
Shadowflame
Rabadon's Deathcap

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Team damage first: more damage than 96% of mid laners.

Team damagetop4%26% · mid laners: 21%
Plays teamfightstop18%58% · mid laners: 55%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners

What marks it

Teamfight
Damage
Poke

Like other mid laners

Damage in lane
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Map pressure
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)

What it is not

Few duels
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 69 in lane, 89 in mid game and 86 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

568+41 vs 528

1,016+117 vs 899

1,415+237 vs 1,179

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Hweimid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 59% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

3.2takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 69 of 100 among mid laners568 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 89 of 100 among mid laners1,016 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 86 of 100 among mid laners1,415 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 46 of 100 among mid laners-6 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 41 of 100 among mid laners-83 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 43 of 100 among mid laners3.2 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 21 of 100 among mid laners346 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 82 of 100 among mid laners58% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 19 of 100 among mid laners17% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 73 of 100 among mid lanersrank 73 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 73 of 100 among mid laners0.9 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 96 of 100 among mid laners26% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Gnar62.2% · expected 53.5% · 37 g+8.6 ptSoloQ +5.5

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV52.8% · expected 52.6% · 53 g+0.2 ptSoloQ -1.8

Midgap to expected

Orianna61.9% · expected 51.8% · 42 g+10.1 ptSoloQ +2.8

Viktor54.3% · expected 51.2% · 92 g+3.2 ptSoloQ 0.0

ADCgap to expected

Jinx63.8% · expected 53.8% · 47 g+10.0 ptSoloQ +2.1

Caitlyn54.9% · expected 50.7% · 51 g+4.2 ptSoloQ -1.6

Tristana54.1% · expected 48.6% · 37 g+5.5 ptSoloQ -1.0

Yunara51.5% · expected 49.6% · 66 g+1.9 ptSoloQ -0.4

Supportgap to expected

Rakan58.8% · expected 49.0% · 34 g+9.8 ptSoloQ -2.6

Nautilus54.9% · expected 48.1% · 51 g+6.8 ptSoloQ +2.7

Milio57.5% · expected 52.1% · 40 g+5.4 ptSoloQ -0.2

Lulu57.4% · expected 54.6% · 54 g+2.8 ptSoloQ +2.2

Rell50.0% · expected 47.2% · 38 g+2.8 ptSoloQ +2.9

With

Topgap to expected

Ornn60.3% · expected 49.8% · 63 g+10.5 ptSoloQ -2.8

Junglegap to expected

Xin Zhao57.1% · expected 51.3% · 42 g+5.9 ptSoloQ -0.6

Jarvan IV52.6% · expected 51.0% · 57 g+1.6 ptSoloQ +4.0

Vi55.3% · expected 52.2% · 38 g+3.1 ptSoloQ -2.4

ADCgap to expected

Jinx62.0% · expected 49.7% · 50 g+12.3 ptSoloQ -1.5

Ashe51.1% · expected 50.0% · 47 g+1.0 ptSoloQ +0.1

Supportgap to expected

Braum63.8% · expected 50.9% · 47 g+13.0 ptSoloQ +5.8

Milio56.6% · expected 51.5% · 53 g+5.1 ptSoloQ -1.0

Lulu53.6% · expected 49.0% · 56 g+4.6 ptSoloQ -0.9

Leona51.4% · expected 47.0% · 37 g+4.4 ptSoloQ +1.7

Nautilus56.7% · expected 55.4% · 60 g+1.2 ptSoloQ -0.1

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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