Rakan vs Hwei Counter Pick

Hwei carries a difficulty rating of 9, largely because Subject: Disaster, Subject: Serenity and Subject: Torment each replace his abilities with a different set before anything is actually cast. That extra step costs time, and time is what Rakan takes away. Over 126 games on patch 16.13.1 Rakan sits at 56.4%.

• Grand Entrance and Battle Dance provide two independent repositions, the second re-castable for free shortly after, which is more movement than a two-input spell can comfortably track.
• Signature of the Visionary only completes when a second damaging spell reaches the same target, so denying the follow-up denies the passive.
• Hwei attacks from 550 units to Rakan’s 300 and moves at 330 against 335, meaning he cannot simply walk out once the gap closes.
• He is the thinner target as well: 21 armor and 580 health at level one, 100.9 armor at 18, against 30, 610 and 113.3.

Their damage types differ, Hwei mixed and Rakan magic, so an enemy support cannot solve Hwei with magic resist alone. Spiraling Despair stays the punish for standing still, expanding outward from whoever it strikes first and slowing everyone nearby. Rakan is rated 5 by comparison, and both champions run on Mana, so his repeated dashes still carry a real cost across a long fight. His ability list is on the Hwei page.