Hwei

Hwei is an AP mage in the adc, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a solid mid-tier pick — a 54.4% win rate, 0.7% pick rate, 7,862 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Hwei is a scaling champion: comparatively weak early, but one of the strongest picks on the map once core items come online — so the plan is to survive the laning phase and take the game over late.

How Hwei wins: grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Hwei tips the fight, and sieging objectives and turrets with sustained pressure. The kit grades 8/10 teamfighting, 8/10 siege, 7/10 waveclear. Hwei grades low on split-push and mobility (2/10, 2/10), so don't take fights that turn on those dimensions.

The most-played core build is Blackfire Torch, Liandry's Torment, Shadowflame, which holds a 56.3% win rate across 772 games this patch. The build above re-optimizes once you lock in the enemy composition.

The matchup to respect is Garen, where Hwei sits at just 46.0%, the lane swings the other way into Viego (60.3%), and on the team side, Hwei gains the most from a Anivia (+9.8% pair win rate).