Hwei abilities explained: League of Legends’ first true human male mage

pdated on December 7, 9:50 a.m. (GMT+8): Added ability cheat sheet.

Hwei the Visionary is here to paint the town red.

Riot Games designed Hwei abilities for League of Legends players who seek a challenge, one who is willing to put in hours of gameplay to master this complex champion primarily intended for the mid lane.

The mage possesses a total of nine spells and one ultimate. These spells grouped into three subjects — disaster, serenity, and torment.

The names speak for themselves: disaster presents a series of offensive spells, serenity are utility spells, while torment are crowd control abilities.

Every spell requires two button presses to activate. If you change your mind halfway, don’t worry, you can simply combo it with R to cancel.

Full list of Hwei abilities in League of Legends

Passive – Signature of the Visionary

Hwei’s damaging abilities against enemy champions mark them for a few seconds.

Hitting marked enemies with another damaging ability creates an explosion underneath them, detonating after a short delay and dealing magic damage to all enemies in range.

QR/WR/ER – Wash Brush

Hwei clears his paintbrush and returns to base abilities without using mana or cooldowns.

Q – Subject: Disaster

QQ – Devastating Fire

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.

QW – Severing Bolt

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.

QE – Molten Fissure

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.

W – Subject: Serenity

WQ – Fleeting Current

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

WW – Pool of Reflection

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.

WE – Stirring Lights

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

E – Subject: Torment

EQ – Grim Visage

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

EW – Gaze of the Abyss

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.

EE – Crushing Maw

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.

R – Spiraling Despair

Hwei launches a vision of pure despair that sticks to an enemy champion for a few seconds. The vision expands and overwhelms all enemies it touches, dealing magic damage per second.

Enemies within the zone are afflicted with stacks of Despair overtime. Each stack of Despair applies a stacking percent slow.

Upon completion, the vision shatters, dealing magic damage.

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