How to win lane as Tahm Kench against Hwei · 52.56% win rate over 1,562 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Hwei | Hwei's two-cast level-1 poke and range dominate your melee walk-up. |
| Level 2 | Hwei | At 2 his QE zone beats your telegraphed Q-W engage window. |
| Level 3 | Hwei | Level 3 he layers W pool and poke to keep you shoved and pressured. |
| Levels 4-5 | Hwei | Through 4-5 his sustained QE chunk out-trades your single-target Q. |
| Level 6 | Hwei | His level-6 ult zones the lane and out-ranges your 6. |
| First item | Hwei | First-item Malignance/Liandry makes his poke unwalkable for a tank. |
| Two+ items | Hwei | Two-item Hwei one-shots from screen range while you only peel. |
Hwei out-ranges you at every level and pokes freely with QE while you have no ranged trade; walk up only to bait a cast, then retreat. Do not int a level-2 all-in into his EW shove and disengage. Use Thick Skin to eat harassment and let your ADC farm safe.
The full Tahm Kench 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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