Hwei to release in League of Legends (LoL) Patch 13.24

Riot Games announced that Hwei, the new League of Legends mage champion with ten skills, is coming in Patch 13.24, which is slated for release on December 6, 2023. Check out the latest champ's skills and other details below.

Overview

Here's a brief summary by Riot Games of the story of Hwei:

A brooding painter, Hwei creates brilliant art to confront Ionia's criminals and to comfort their victims. Not without his own troubled history, he is haunted by his overflowing imagination and the loss of his island temple, which comes back to him in the form of intense, emotional visions. Hwei shares these visions to ease his troubled self, while treading a path toward the one who both devastated and unlocked his artistic mind—Jhin. With his paintbrush and palette in hand, Hwei journeys to earn closure or perhaps, embrace despair.

Meanwhile, here's the voice line of Lukai Hwei "The Visionary":

Art, life, death – all I've seen, all made clear.

Hwei is the first champion in League of Legends to be able to cast ten different spells, giving him unmatched gameplay potential. Each of Hwei's basic skills is part of one of three spellbooks. Skills in the same spellbook share a cooldown.

Each spellbook has a different artistic subject that decides the quality of its abilities. For example, "Q Spellbook: Disaster" is about the destructive forces of nature, "W Spellbook: Serenity" gives you revitalizing and sustaining energy, and "E Spellbook: Torment" features formidable crowd control (CC) effects.

Hwei can cast a huge number of spells, but League of Legends players who want to get the most out of him will have to be careful about which ones they use at all times. The ranged-magic champ is best for middle and support positions.

Hwei Abilities

Here are all the skills of the new League of Legends champion Hwei, including his passive and ultimate.

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 3 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 (Ultimate) - 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 over time. Each stack of Despair applies a stacking percent slow. Upon completion, the vision shatters, dealing magic damage.

Hwei Gameplay

Here's a video of the overview of the gameplay mechanics of Hwei.

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For Hwei's abilities rundown, you can visit https://www.leagueoflegends.com/en-ph/event/hwei-abilities-rundown/.