Hwei Quotes

Champion Select

Pick

• "A painter meets their subject eye to eye."

Ban

• "Art can shed light on our fears."

Movement

First Move

• "Leave everything to my imagination."
• "None of us will leave unchanged. I'll make sense of our suffering."
• "There's no secret to art… just begin and keep going. That's all we can do."
• "Every question, every burden, every vision: I'll lay them out, here."

First Move › First Move (Dark Path)

• "Something dark clings to me. Has always lived in me."

First Move › First Move with Jhin (Dark Path) Both sides

• "Something dark clings to me—has always lived in me. You brought it to light, Jhin."

First Move › First Move (Light Path)

• "There is light in me… I can't lose sight of it."

First Move › First Move with Jhin (Light Path) Both sides

• "There is light in me, I can't lose sight of it. Not when you draw out my darkness, Jhin."

Moving

• "At least they'll remember how I make them feel."
• "Creativity is limitless—for better or worse."
• "One breath and brush at a time."
• "What's heavy in the mind, becomes light on the page."
• "Act on inspiration when it strikes."
• "When others fall to pieces, I gather them up."
• "Nothing's as simple as black and white."
• "Relive the pain… relieve the pain."
• "I choose kindness, until I have no choice."
• "I keep spiraling down paths I never thought I'd walk."
• "Every mark should have meaning."
• "Good, evil… the line blurs."
• "Art is empty without empathy."
• "People aren't what they say… but what they show."
• "My work seeks answers for the most burning questions."
• Hwei sighs. "Why can't I paint exactly what I imagine…?"
• "No justice. No revenge. Only clarity."
• "Life flows in currents. Twisting… Turning."
• "A heart bared isn't broken… it's freed."
• "I'll always be a student of the brush, never its master."
• "The surreal makes people admit what's real."
• "Emotions are most dangerous when silenced."
• "I'm just a trace of who I was…"
• "Obsession, keeps the mind awake…"
• "Everyone's made of contradictions."

Long Move

• "Life has to be valued, no seconds wasted… Time is ripped away too quickly."
• "A single morning changed everything. So red with blood, flames, and… flowers."
• "Koyehn is so far from me now. An island of sand, blotted with ash."
• "Peace of mind is a journey, where you hold every shade of yourself up to the light."
• "The sky isn't blue and the grass isn't green. Nature stirs in hues I can't name."
• "It'd be enough for my art to save a single person… Maybe, just myself."
• "Death is no muse—it bleeds the color from everything it touches."
• "There's a side of me I need to understand. The side left alone; the side in the dark."
• "What legacy will I leave? What'll survive of me? Even my footsteps, are already gone."
• "Ionia has an underworld black as ink. I stare into the well, and it stares back."

First Encounter

• "Let me recreate what you're afraid to confront!"
• "Don't deny what I have to show you!"
• "Keep an open mind, and we'll find meaning together."
• "Show me who you are, what you're capable of! I'll do the same."

First Encounter with Ahri

• "Something still grieves in you, Ahri. White, like clouds and ice."

First Encounter with Akali

• "Shrouded in twilight hues. Will you rise again, or set for good, Akali?"

First Encounter with Irelia

• "We turned art into weapons, Irelia… What would our families think…?"

First Encounter with Jhin Both sides

• "Jhin. You opened my eyes to so much. I won't spare you from any of it."

First Encounter with Karma Both sides

• "The spirit of Ionia can't guide me, Karma. I need to follow my own light…!"

First Encounter with Kayn

• "Kayn—blue and red bleed from you!"

First Encounter with Kennen

• "The eyes do reveal you, Kennen: wild and wise."

First Encounter with Lee Sin

• "Lee Sin, this piece will reach your spirit."

First Encounter with Master Yi

• "We've seen ashes fill the sky, Yi. I wish we could leave those grey mornings behind."

First Encounter with Sett

• "Let me into your circle, Sett. You have information I need."

First Encounter with Shen

• "Shen, you've grown blind to sorrow, to joy… to life."

First Encounter with Sona

• "Sona, your music is your voice. Speak with me!"

First Encounter with Syndra

• "I know your power, Syndra. The depths of your hurt and rage."

First Encounter with Vex

• Hwei sighs deeply. "Misery loves company, doesn't it, little one…"

First Encounter with Yasuo

• "Guilt covers us layer by layer, Yasuo."

First Encounter with Yone

• "We carry our burdens with us, Yone: my mind, your mask."

First Encounter with Zed

• "We have a lot in common, Zed. Step out of the shadows and see for yourself."

First Encounter with an Ionian

• "Ionians know the contrast between light and dark! Where do you fall?"

Taunt

• "Stop moving, please—you'd make a great still-life."

Taunt Response

• "…Sorry? My thoughts were… someplace else."

Joke

• "Look at you, so carefree, you have no schedule."

Joke Response

• "Hmph. That's funny."

Attack

Attacking

• "Be my canvas!"
• "Give me your full attention!"
• "You shape what I make!"
• "Watch closely!"
• "Steady your hand!"
• "Form the outline!"
• "Highlights and shadows!"
• "Please focus!"
• "Part of the whole picture!"
• "Outside the lines!"
• "Express everything!"
• "Your true colors!"

Ability Casting

Using Severing Bolt › Killing a Champion

• "We're struck by what finds us alone."
• "Consumed by the storm, inside and out."
• "You can't weather the pain on your own."

Using Fleeting Current

• "Quickly now!"
• "Moving waters!"
• "Flow!"
• "Follow the river!"
• "Step by step."

Using Pool of Reflection

• "Be at ease."
• "Refuge."
• "Shelter."
• "A haven."
• "For safety."

Using Grim Visage

• "Change your view!"
• "Look to the past!"
• "Face your fears!"

Using Gaze of the Abyss › Rooting an Enemy

• "Open your eyes."
• "Keep still."
• "Stay."
• "Revealed."
• "I have you."

Using Spiraling Despair

• "YOUR FINAL SIGHT!"
• "SEE AS I SEE!"
• "FEEL WITH ME!"

Using Spiraling Despair › Ranking for the First Time

• "My light… grows brighter…!"
• "That darkness… takes shape."

Using Spiraling Despair › Ranking for the First Time (with Ally Jhin) Both sides

• "My light… grows brighter…! Don't look away, Jhin!"
• "That darkness… takes shape. Jhin, face it with me."

Using Spiraling Despair › Ranking for the Second Time

• "I understand… through art, connection!"
• "I see… destruction, and despair."

Using Spiraling Despair › Ranking for the Second Time (with Ally Jhin) Both sides

• "I understand… through art, connection! Now, Jhin: see me!"
• "I see… destruction, and despair. Our shared vision, Jhin."

Kills and Objectives

Killing a Champion

• "Paint fades. Life fades."
• "I'll create something beautiful in your memory."
• "I drew the line—you crossed it."
• "All I imagined… and it still came down to this."
• "I…" Hwei cries in despair.

Killing Ahri

• "You don't need to grieve anymore, Ahri."

Killing Akali

• "From twilight to dusk, Akali."

Killing Jhin Both sides

• "Close your eyes, Jhin. Lie by the fire you started."

Killing Kayn

• "Kayn… if you just allowed your selves to blend!"

Killing Master Yi

• "Rest, Yi. You're with your people again."

Killing Shen

• "Live fully in the next life, Shen."

Killing Zed

• "Zed—now we are both alone in our shadows."

Scoring First Blood

• "The first mark sets the tone."

Scoring an Assist for Jhin Both sides

• "Jhin, that was… beautiful."

Scoring a Pentakill

• "Art, life, death…! All I've seen, all made clear!"

Recall

• "Moving on means revisiting what was left behind."
• "A piece is never really finished. Just… abandoned."
• "No matter where I go… I can't forget where I came from."
• "I create the quiet that I can't find."
• "Enough for now. I'll refine the details later."

Death

• "Please… I'm still so lost…"
• "Don't… leave me alone… again…"
• Hwei grunts in pain. "No…! Everything's… fading…"

Respawn

• "Loss haunts me like nothing else."
• "Out of the ashes, into the fire."
• "No one can take the part of me that just wants to live."
• "And the colors come flooding back…"