How to win lane as Alistar against Hwei · 49.28% win rate over 2,228 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Hwei | Hwei's ranged Q combo chunks you before your melee flip can close the gap at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Hwei | At 2 his QQ-plus-QW poke still out-trades your engage and controls the lane. |
| Level 3 | Hwei | By 3 his layered spells and root zone keep every trade in his favor. |
| Levels 4-5 | Hwei | Through 4-5 his poke and Spiraling Despair let him kite and win extended exchanges. |
| Level 6 | Hwei | At 6 his full kit zones your all-in and out-damages you through your HP. |
| First item | Hwei | His first-item spike widens the poke gap even when you land the flip. |
| Two+ items | Hwei | Late game his layered AoE and range outscale your single-target pick threat. |
Hwei beats you early with pure range - his QQ Devastating Fire and QW Severing Bolt chunk you long before your melee flip is live, and QE Spiraling Despair roots make stepping up dangerous. You can't trade back until you close, so farm behind minions, dodge his skillshots, and only threaten a flip when he's shoved up or out of position. Concede some CS and play for the scaling window.
The full Alistar 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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