How to win lane as Brand against Hwei · 46.98% win rate over 464 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Brand | Hwei's slower cast times let you land poke first, keeping early trades in your favor. |
| Level 2 | Brand | Same dynamic continues — his combo isn't consistently available yet, so you keep winning trades. |
| Level 3 | Brand | You continue to out-trade him as his full rotation remains difficult to land cleanly. |
| Levels 4-5 | Brand | Poke advantage holds through level 5 with no consistent answer from his kit. |
| Level 6 | Brand | His fear-into-burst combo is available now but still hard to land fully, so you keep the edge. |
| First item | Brand | Your item power extends your trading advantage even as his combo threat grows. |
| Two+ items | Hwei | His full combo becomes a genuine kill threat that can outdamage you if landed cleanly, making this the one phase where he can win the exchange. |
You control the early trades cleanly through level 5 — Hwei's spells have longer cast animations than your Q, so you land first in most poke exchanges, and his full combo potential isn't consistently available until he has more ability haste and mana. Keep poking aggressively and punishing his positioning; this phase is solidly in your favor.
The full Brand vs Hwei report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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