History Characters / LeagueOfLegendsGToH

* BlueIsCalm: The fittingl-named ''Serenity'' mood colors all of his spells a light blue.

* SoleSurvivor: Hwei is described as the sole remnant of Jhin's attack on his temple -- not only did his masters and peers perish, the temple itself and the historic art it contained were also destroyed.

-->'''Hwei''': ''(approaching an enemy Jhin)'' Jhin. You opened my eyes to so much. [[ImpliedDeathThreat I won't spare you from]] ''[[ImpliedDeathThreat any]]'' [[ImpliedDeathThreat of it]].

* RuleOfThree: Several aspects of Hwei's gameplay obey the rule of ''thirds'', the principle of visual arts that placing something in a thirds-line (in between one third and two-thirds of space within a piece) creates visual appeal. Hwei has three different subjects with three abilities each, his passive [[{{Combos}} rewards two consecutive damage spells with a third damage spell]], and his "moods" are distinctly lopsided, with one based on a positive emotion (serenity) while the other two are of negative emotions (anger and anguish).

* LongRangeFigter: Artillery mage fans will have an easy time picking up Hwei; his spells provide a lot of coverage and utility to a team provided he keeps to the backlines, and can nuke entire teams should he cast spells efficiently. Get right up in the enemy's face though and you realize he's still a SquishyWizard.

** Hwei has three distinct ''Moods'': ''Disaster'', ''Serenity'', and ''Torment'', that he can enter into by using his basic ability hotkeys. When one ''mood'' is selected, he's granted access to three new abilities that have different effects, giving him nine total basic abilities. The cooldowns on swapping between moods between casts is very short, but each individual ability has its own cooldown. Pressing his ultimate button while a ''mood'' is active has him clean his brush, discarding the ''mood'' without using mana or cooldowns.

* ArtAttacker: He's described as an "artistic midlander" who integrates ink into his fighting style.

In season 1 of ''Teamfight Tactics'', Gnar is a Tier 4 Shapeshifter with both Wild and Yordle origins. His ability, ''GNAR!'', transforms him into Mega Gnar, increasing his health and damage, then causes him to jump to the furthest enemy and shove every nearby enemy towards his team, damaging and stunning them. He was removed in season 2. He returns in season 3's ''Return to the Stars'' mid-set update with the same cost and ability, but was changed to use his Astronaut Gnar skin and reclassified as an Astro Brawler. He was removed in season 4, returning in season 6's ''Neon Nights'' mid-set update using his Gentleman Gnar skin as a Tier 3 Socialite Yordle Striker. He retains ''GNAR!'' as his ability, though instead of leaping and shoving enemies after transforming he instead throws a short distance boulder at the farthest enemy in range, dealing bonus percent attack damage plus bonus physical damage to all enemies it hits. Mega Gnar also no longer has increased attack damage in exchange for his spell's mana cost being reduced, which simply throws the boulder without transforming back. In season 7, he uses his Elderwood Gnar skin as a Tier 2 Jade Shapeshifter. His ''Mega Gnar'' ability causes him to leap to his target and stun all surrounding enemies as he transforms for the rest of combat, granting Gnar bonus attack damage and armor but making him unable to cast his ability afterwards. He was initially removed in season 8, but returns using his Super Galaxy Gnar skin as a Tier 3 Gadgeteen Prankster, for the first time beginning as Mega Gnar and having no transformation component in his spell. His ''Robo-Rage'' ability has Gnar slash around him dealing physical damage to all enemies in a 2-hex radius. Against his current attack target, the ability deals percent bonus damage and is also a guaranteed critical strike.\\

In season 5 of ''Teamfight Tactics'', Gragas uses his Warden Gragas skin as a Tier 1 Dawnbringer Brawler. His ability, ''Drunken Rage'', grants him incoming damage reduction for a few seconds and causes his next basic attack to deal bonus magic damage.

Hwei is a Mage champion with a staggering ''nine'' abilities as opposed to the standard three, granting an incredible amount of versatility.

* {{Foil}}: Riot designed Hwei in part to serve as an ideological foil to the game's other artist champion: Jhin. Both of them are genuine artists with overflowing with ideas and practicing greatly theatrical means of expression, but whereas Jhin is [[MadArtist a psychopathic madman who gleefully embraces murdering people as his medium]], Hwei is [[SensitiveArtist kind-hearted, empathetic, but left in a state of mourning over the lives lost from Jhin's machinations]]. Jhin's MO is reminiscent of a theatre director that leads his targets towards a graceful execution, while Hwei is more of a painter who uses magical palette to merge together various inks as the basis for spells.

-->'''Hwei''': ''(approaching an enemy Jhin)'' Jhin. You opened my eyes to so much. I won't spare you from ''any'' of it.

* ClassicalAntiHero: Hwei is a noble, emotional man who seeks to use [[ArtAttacker his magical artistry]] to punish evildoers and protect the innocent, but he's heavily burdened by his trauma and the uncertain future that [[MadArtist Jhin]] left for him to figure out. During gameplay, his voiceover has him draw from one two sets of dialogue at a time, representing a "dark path" full of angsty, cynical thoughts and a "light path" where he begins to find peace with himself, with him being programmed with a chance to flip between the two at certain points of the game, which was done by Riot to highlight the fraught dichotomy of his complicated mental state.

* SympathyForTheDevil: Hwei has a very, ''very'' complicated opinion about [[MadArtist Jhin]], having briefly seen him as a mentor who sincerely taught him to open up with his artistic expression and become the most spiritually liberated form of himself possible... [[YankTheDogsChain before destroying Hwei's home temple, killing his masters and fellow artists, and effectively destroying everything he loved]]. On one hand, Hwei felt justifiably traumatized and betrayed by Jhin's actions, yet at the same time, he couldn't help but find a twisted form of beauty in what Jhin had done -- a calculated, destructive performance [[MadArtist that was Jhin's own "artistic" design]] -- leading him on his own path of expressing himself to the world with his magical talents. As a result, Hwei often flip-flops between continuing to see Jhin as a mentor who enriched his life while also seeing him as the monster who completely ruined it.

Hwei's alternate skin is Winterblessed Hwei.

Hecarim's alternate skins include [[BloodKnight Blood Knight Hecarim]], [[TheGrimReaper Reaper Hecarim]], [[HeadlessHorseman Headless Hecarim]], [[VideoArcade Arcade Hecarim]], [[NatureSpirit Elderwood Hecarim]], [[{{Mayincatec}} Worldbreaker Hecarim]], Lancer Zero Hecarim, [[WeirdWest High Noon Hecarim]], [[CosmicEntity Cosmic Charger Hecarim]], and [[TarotMotifs Arcana Hecarim]].\\

Hwei is an upcoming Mage champion.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Stephen Fu (English)\\

!!!'''Voiced by:'''Stephen Fu (English)\\

* RuleOfThree: Several aspects of Hwei's gameplay obeys the rule of ''thirds'', the principle of visual arts that placing something in a thirds-line (in between one third and two-thirds of space within a piece) creates visual appeal. Hwei has three different subjects with three abilities each, his passive [[{{Combos}} rewards two consecutive damage spells with a third damage spell]], and his "moods" are distinctly lopsided, with one based on a positive emotion (serenity) while the other two are of negative emotions (anger and anguish).

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* With his first ability, ''Subject: Disaster'', Hwei enters a disastrous mood, gaining the following three abilities:

* With his second ability, ''Subject: Serenity'', Hwei enters a serene mood, gaining the following three abilities:

* With his third ability, ''Subject: Torment'', Hwei enters a tumultuous mood, gaining the following three abilities:

* MechanicallyUnusualAbility: Pressing one of Hwei's regular ability buttons pulls up three additional abilities to cast, giving him a total of ''nine'' basic abilities, each distinct in function and purpose.

* {{Expy}}: In terms of gameplay, his kit is heavily evocative of that belonging to Invoker from ''VideoGame/Dota2'', a versatile mage champion who has the ability to mix up three different components (instead of "reagents", Hwei has "moods"), allowing them to serve as extremely versatile mages with various forms of damage spells and utility at their disposal.

* His passive, ''Signature of the Visionary'', has two effects:

** Hwei has three distinct ''moods'': ''Disaster'', ''Serenity'', and ''Torment'', that he can enter into by using his basic ability hotkeys. Each ''mood'' grants him access to 3 new abilities that have different effects based on the active subject.
* With his first ability, ''Subject: Disaster'', Hwei enters a disastrous mood, gaining the ability to cast 3 damaging abilities:
** ''Devastating Fire'' creates a fireball that explodes on the first enemy hit or upon reaching maximum range, dealing damage to all enemies in an area.
** ''Severing Bolt'' creates a lightning bolt that strikes the target area after a delay, dealing damage. Immobilized or isolated enemies take increased damage.
** ''Molten Fissure'' creates a field of eruptions that leaves lingering lava in it’s path. Each eruption deals damage to enemies hit, and enemies in the lava area are slowed and dealt damage per second.
* With his second ability, ''Subject: Serenity'', Hwei enters a serene mood, gaining the ability to cast 3 utility abilities:
** ''Fleeting Current'' creates a current in a line for a few seconds that grants movement speed to himself and allies.
** ''Pool of Reflection'' creates a protective pool that lasts for a few seconds. Allied champions inside the area gain an immediate shield, increasing in value over a few seconds while in the area.
** ''Stirring Lights'' creates three lights that circle him for a few seconds. Hwei's next 3 attacks or spells deal bonus damage and grant mana on hit.
* With his third ability, ''Subject: Torment'', Hwei enters a tumultuous mood, gaining the ability to cast 3 controlling abilities:
** ''Grim Visage'' launches a terrifying face that strikes the first enemy hit, damaging and causing them to flee for a brief duration.
** ''Gaze of the Abyss'' creates an abyssal eye at the target location that grants vision and locks onto the nearest visible enemy champion. After a delay, the eye fires at the locked-on champion, rooting the first enemy in its path for a few seconds and damaging them.
** ''Crushing Maw'' creates crushing jaws that deals damage to enemies hit and pulls them toward the center, slowing them by a set amount that quickly decays.
* His ultimate ability, ''Spiraling Despair'', creates a vision of pure despair that sticks to an enemy champion for a few seconds. The vision expands and and deals damage over time to enemies it touches. Enemies within the zone are afflicted with stacks of Despair over time. Each stack of Despair applies a stacking percent slow. Upon completion, the vision shatters, dealing damage.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: He fights using a giant paintbrush.