How to win lane as Vex against Hwei · 48.73% win rate over 1,494 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Hwei | Hwei's Q spellbook out-ranges your entire kit at level 1 and pokes you for free. |
| Level 2 | Hwei | At level 2 his layered Q colors still zone you off the wave and win the poke war. |
| Level 3 | Vex | Level 3 gives you W Personal Space, so you finally have a burst combo to punish his stationary casts. |
| Levels 4-5 | Vex | Through levels 4-5 you can walk up on his cooldowns and W+Q beats his combo when it's down. |
| Level 6 | Vex | At 6 your R closes range and dodges his pull, but his shields and EE make it an even skill-check. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item is a coin-flip: your Luden's burst meets his shields and self-peel, so it comes down to who lands first. |
| Two+ items | Vex | With two items your E-into-W+Q plus R Gloom fear out-damages him if he mispositions. |
Levels 1-2 belong to Hwei: his Q spellbook out-ranges everything you have and he chunks you for approaching a caster minion. Respect that range, soak XP from behind, and do not trade into a full Q color you can't punish. Track which Q he opens with so you know his cooldown window.
The full Vex 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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