GwenThe Hallowed Seamstress | Ranked #70 out of 82 in Top
Discover all Top champions who counter Gwen. Use our statistics and learn how to counter Gwen in League of Legends and win in Champion Select! Gwen Data for all roles taken from 25,3434259953,81712,9757,131 matches.
Top Lane (86%)
Gwen Top Lane Counters: 21,71411,1915,8893,333912389 matches, 48 counter champions
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Counter RatingCounter rating is an expression of how strong or weak a counter is based on win rate, kills, and deaths, as well as early laning advantages or disadvantages. A higher number means an easier laning phase against that champion.
Tips Against Gwen in Top Lane Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors
Cryniu says “Juega defensivo, especialmente si tiene ignición.
Si te juega muy agresivo considera usar la W para anular varios de sus básicos mejorados.
Recomiendo usar la E más para re posicionar o escapar, gwen se cura y tiene mucho daño.
Juega a intercambios cortos pero muy dañinos, ella suele ganar en los duelos largos.
Considera vesta espinosa cuando compre curación.
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Helzky says “Gwen is very difficult. Take Ignite + Ghost if you need to be able to solo kill. If not, take TP + Ghost. Play under tower and don't walk up until you have Prowlers with Maiden AND a big wave. If you get ahead early via her being dumb and/or a jungle gank, you can solo kill her easily from there. Just buy executioners while you're at it.”
OliveeGarden says “Try not to fight her in her W, bait her Q and care ult damage not a very hard matchup. Additionally Lethal Tempo is optional into Gwen.”
ZomB2446 says “She is annoying, with a lots of attack speed, a short cd dash, %hp magic damage and true damage. Early game play safe, farm with Q, Your ghoul can still damage her when she proc her W, but if she use it to dodge your E there nothing you can do, try to E at melee range. At lv6 her R 3 charge can take out 60% of your hp so be mindful not to over extend. I personal think Eclipse build is better against her, since she deal a lot more damage than how fast you can proc your Divine”
magician4444 says “If she has lethal tempo, level 1 you'll probably have to give up push because she has ridiculous range on those E auto attacks. You have to stand inside her mist when you ult her. If you're outside the mist and try to ult it wont register. Bring ignite or build anti heal, dodge her needles and its a pretty easy matchup.”
Your Desired Username says “Easy match-up. Rush mercs if you're behind, build oblivion no matter what. Poke with q in early levels and avoid trading when she has her q stacked up. If you poked her down enough go for all-ins. You win in Brazil as long as you hit most of your stuff. Ignite is mandatory here, it helps a lot vs her healing, which can sometimes be surprisingly high. Always walk inside of her W to fight her or you can't hit her with E or Q. Try walking circles around her and generally have weird/unpredictable movement so she can't hit you with her q true damage. She outscales you and her damage is staggering in the late game so ulting her isn't really recommended in the late game, unless of course you are ahead. Try to get ahead in the laning phase to delay her powerspike and decide the game before that happens.”
boboderaffe says “Gwen is stupid. Period. You cannot properly trade with her ESPECIALLY early on. But it is still far from an unplayable lane. You have to get grievous wounds early on and poke her as much as you can.
Whenever she casts her Q, you can use E+W+Passive on top of her. You have to be patient and wait out your E root as long as possible, though. If you use your passive too early she can jump out of your W, possibly toward you. Either time it correctly or cast W in the space between you and her so she has to back off or dash into your W. ”
BreadedBreadCrum says “A huge threat. Instant dash against your engage tools. High MAGIC damage. Omnivamp too. TRUE DAMAGE. W against your R too. Go force of nature into Bramble if they have some AD damage on the enemy team. Go Chempunk if you really need anti-heal against an majority AP team. HoB to trade and stop her from chasing you over and over. Grasp if you wanna keep fighting. Go BoRK or Frostfire. Make sure to use your E against her R and Q.”
Black Demon Ezel says “Gwen is squishy and not very good in my opinion. If you can get into her mist and beat her senseless she won't win ever. But also make sure you take some MR so you don't get beat senseless instead”
Rayli36 says “In early game watch out for her passive stacks you can fake pressure her to force her E-Q.
Build Hexdrinker if you want.
Take MR in defensive runes.”
Makkro says “Dangerous lvl 1 focus on short trades and sidestepping her q dont w when her stacks are full because she will melt you with q. Dueling her after 1st item is almost impossible due to her insane damage but shes useless in teamfights IF you can land really really good CC on her shes a counter and a rough one at that so you just focus on laning perfectly and teamfighting perfectly and you should win.... It really isnt a fun matchup.”
LunaticDancer says “D Shield, Gambler is too risky to be worth it. Annoying match up. Careful of her insanely strong level 1 (given she starts with E and has Ignite). Walk into her safe space to make your ghouls deal damage to her while inside it. Generally those fights are gonna be sweaty, but the most obvious way of losing is standing in her Q sweet spot, so don't be doing that.
Anti-heal is good here.”
COJA says “Try not to build too much health as Gwen deals very high %max hp damage. She will absolutely outtrade you early, so lvl 4-5 is necessary. Antiheal is also quite strong. However, Gwen is forced to walk up in order to farm / push, so you can poke her freely. Just be careful in case she dashes into you while you Q+E. Her ultimate is also very strong for duels, so try not to get close enough so that she hit you with all the needles guaranteed.”
N0kk__ says “Pretty annoying champion. Avoid 1v1s. She doesn't allow you to farm when near her. When agaisnt her take TP and teleport to diffrent lanes or group.Early game just buy magic resist and try to freeze lane under tower. Late game she is not that big of a threat depending on your stacks and items.”
Captain Bane says “trade with her before she gets her passive stacked up, Q her Q so it cancels her damage, buy early grievous wounds, you will need it.”
space cat says “high damage and good at preventing you from poking her. you still win trades though usually, just be careful about her ult and you should beat her most of the time.”
Larkana_ says “Gwen's W can be very tricky to play around in all stages of the game and her % max hp true damage is lethal.
Outscaling edge: Skarner [Medium]”
Eduardocwalle says “Never trust this doll, look im winning the trade, i´ll will her!....No honey....no. This champ is better than you in long trades so u shouldnt overextend ur fight once both of u get lvl 6. Always ignite!”
TahmyPickles says “A good Gwen can really punish you with her true damage. When she has four stacks in lane do not approach the minions. Trade when she uses her stacks, and shield or devour when she gets four again. ”
Rhoku says “TL;DR - DIFFICULT MATCHUP. NEED HP + ANTIHEAL + MOVESPEED. CAN'T TANK UP VS HER. YOU HAVE TO AVOID HER FULLY STACKED Q. IF SHE HITS YOU WITH IT SHE WILL KILL YOU AND ALSO HEAL UP TOO MUCH. DON'T OPEN WITH Q SHE WILL E INTO YOU. TRY TO START WITH AA - W - E - Q. THEN YOU CAN GHOST AND RUN HER DOWN. MOST OF THEM DON'T TAKE FLASH SO USE YOUR FLASH TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF HER R/FULLY STACKED Q. DON'T LET HER TOUCH THE MINION WAVE AND STACK UP HER Q. IF ITS NO STACKS IT DOES NO DAMAGE BUT IF ITS MAX STACKS IT DOES HALF UR HP. TRY TO STAY ON THE WAVE AND FIGHT HER IF SHE WALKS INTO IT.”
lookatherizinosaurus says “Current Perma Ban. The sheer amount of dmg output she has in a short timeframe plus the Untargetable Status inside the field is not easy to deal with.”
MrZoltannn says “At lvl 1 poke her Q. At lvl 3 if she goes in to trade, you can try to trade with her, or leave her and hop away. At lvl 6 you can easly manage to kill her if you can play it well, rushing executioner after stridebreaker is a must against her passive healing.”
Acumulator says “Just Q her she is harmless aslong as you walkaway from her when she tries to get you. (at the end so the day she isn't mobile enough to be a threat)”
Koboldjaeger says “She has a lot of Damage after Level 6 and she can easily kill you if she has ignite . Try dodging her last Ult with your own R .
Build Trinity”
_WhiteSnow_ says “Got nerfed so now she's an easy matchup - it's even possible to fight her level 1 now. Play for short trades, heal her stacked up qs, and look to all in when she's low. After 6, disengage whenever she uses ult.”
Anoying bro5 says “Pre 6 you should win easily by riposting her Q scissors. It is fairly easy to see the animation to riposte, but you can also predict her to use it when she builds stacks under her health bar with auto attacks. You win extended trades with vitals. After 6 you can riposte her Q or her 3rd ult of needles.”
Stinkee says “Gwen is another new champion that is very annoying to deal with. She has a short cooldown dash that she can use to dodge your abilities and weave in and out of trades with you. She does really crazy on-hit damage and she really ramps up to try not to take long fights with her. If you can do consistent short trades you should be fine as long as she doesn't all in you. You really have to dodge her Q and her R if you really want to win the matchup. Rush some magic resist as she does mostly magic damage. If you freeze your wave against her she will have to run all the way up to farm making her very vulnerable to jungle ganks.”
Sovereign Kitten says “Gwen has really good objective control once she gets out of the early game and starts stacking her damage, but as a champion she is suited more as a laner than a jungler. You shouldn't have any problems dealing with her early game, it's the late game that becomes a problem, if she's fed or doing relatively well for herself and her allies. ”
BoilTheOil says “Take Conqueror. Gwen's base armor is super high and she is also able to take TP with Ignite so it's super hard to fight her in a 1v1 ever. Use E+W together or she will probably dodge your W with hers or her dash. If she buys armor boots I wouldn't recommend fighting her.”
Phrxshn says “You have to fight Gwen from behind or aside to avoid her frontal cone attack such as Snip-Snip(Q) or Needlework(R). Purely a skilled match-up based on if you can dodge her skillshots. Try to force her out on her Hallowed Mist(W) so she doesn't get defensive buffs.
(Sustained 1v1 Trades: Even) (Outscaling Edge: Gwen) ”
LiL Bunnie FuFuu says “Every single time she wants to go in press E and walk away. She has no way to gapclose after she uses her dash. Gwen can become untargetable which can deny your flay but in that instance just walk away. It's very easy to avoid trades with her while hitting her occasionally with Thresh's range advantage.
Teamfights can be more difficult due to her invulnerable but appropriate cc lockdown will make her useless. Unlike many bruisers she is bad at chasing you. But like many bruisers she outscales and will eventually win every 1v1. Anathemas is useless vs her and redemption/kv are better choices.”
Veng Shotz says “Gwen is a wierd match-up, she wins with her level 1 e, so dont fight her at all, at level 2-5 you win, and at 6 she wins if you dont dodge any of her 3 ult casts, you can also use e to dodge her q true damage, but because of how we self root ourselves during our q she will generally use that self-root to land her q's, so you have to constantly move around and hold e's to dodge her q's.
watch for her tabis/brambles rushes and her riftmaker, if you get exec and some MR mid game you can actually out 1v1 her but you have to play perfectly, alas, otherwise, this is a skill match up in her favor. ”
quinn adc says “I have played against Gwen twice, so I will update this matchup with more helpful advice when I face it more.
For now, it seems that Gwen sucks into ranged champs.
The main goal is to bait her W, and if she uses it, blind her and then walk back, Her W lasts 5 seconds, and I typically just wait for it to expire before engaging on her.
If I blind her she can't even hit me, so even though she is untargetable, I am too with blind. Play really aggro, and play around her W CD. Do not dive if her W is up.
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Amphawn says “She is very strong early, but as long as she doesn't get a huge lead you will outscale her once you hit 11. Keep her passive stacks in mind as she may be able to dash on you and get a trade in early. She can also somewhat do this post 6, as she can poke you and then run away in her zone. It is safer not to follow her and instead settle for whatever damage you got during the trade. Her ult slows you down by a lot, so if you get low she can finish you off very easily and you won't be able to get away. You scale much better than her though, so it all depends on who farms better. In the late game, if she goes in her zone, you shouldn't follow her into it, as you should be trying to play the ranged game against her.”
At_Tar_Ras says “the good thing here is most gwen players are dumb LOL. she's crazy strong if you let her Q you for free and use her R. also she typically brings ignite so that'll increase her kill pressure but all-in-all the matchup isn't too hard. you can fake all-in to bait out her W, once that's used you can re-engage and fully all-in as her W will be on CD.”
iZeal says “Probably best to ban her until the champion gets nerfed. Do not fight her level 1 at all and rather preserve your health, get Executioner's Calling as soon as possible and don't commit to long trades, rather poke her down and try to dodge the middle of her Qs. After 6 you have to be insanely careful as she can chase you down with ultimate easily. Remember her W grants her insane amounts of armor so even if you are inside the area your damage will be handicapped for the duration. Even if you stomp her in lane she outscales you hard and she always has a teamfighting presence due to her W.”
MrDomian says “Select Biscuit Delivery or Time Warp Tonic and try to destroy it before level 6.
After level 6, wait for the jungler.
You can try to kill her with your R, if she is close.”
Dream Orbit says “More info on the matchups section. Remember this is only an estimated threat, you can always win any matchup if you're good enough (or if they're bad enough).”
slogdog says “Gwen does percent health damage and specialises against immobile champions that cannot run away or evade her Q and R. Doesn't help that you will never get priority, due to her incredibly powerful early game which never gets outscaled. However she only has one dash, and your ghouls and Maiden can damage Gwen even in her W. Abuse that with your E.”
A_Drunk_Carry says “This isn't a fun matchup. If both players are evenly matched in skill and understanding of the matchup I think Gwen takes it. Her W makes it so you can't enter to do dmg. While your ghouls will still hurt her, she gains extra resistances while in her W field. She can dash through your wall as well, and chunk you down hard. Let her make the first move, or you just insta-lose. Executioners is a MUST BUY vs her as well.”
Xerath gaming says “I hate this matchup, you won like everytime but her W can just make you rage quit, engage her when she doesn't have E to dodge your Q/E and should be free kill”
LoLReal says “This lane is pretty Darius favored. Bait out her W immune and all in her. She can't trade with you as long as you don't take too much damage while she is immune. Pull her back in when she tries to leave W or dash away , as long as you don't take a full stacked Q from her while she's in her W this should be a favorable trade every time.”
A_Drunk_Carry says “I really hate this champ. Why is she only targettable in her prism that gives her tanky stats? Why does riftmaker regen so much? Why is she basically a cuter, anime, splitpushing monster?
Avoid 1v1ing her (SO easy for a Nasus, right? zzzz) and TP to other side lanes or group with your team for objectives. You don't even get to be Nasus around her.”
qveenevelynn says “Gwen can be a real threat because of her true damages + heals. Her W can avoid your charm and Q. If she plays CONQ you have a chance, if she plays PRESS THE ATTACK it will be really hard for you because of her attack speed.”
Kacto15 says “Hacer trades cortos contra ella, si utiliza su R hacer disengage lo mas rápido posible, intenta baitearle las cargas de su Q, el matchup es mas fácil como sion LETALIDAD”
montybucket says “Gwen is pretty easy to fight, every gwen ive come across isn't that good though because she's still new. but from my experience she loses vs mordekaiser. Her W can be annoying but other than that you outclass her in damage and kill potential. She's only really good when you're good, she builds the same items, but she's got a bad kit vs morde. ”
LegitLechner says “Still kind of learning how to play against her. She blocks your e if your not in the circle. Still learning this matchup so might change later.”
OTP Toxin says “Not a hard laning, just bully her until she uses her W, it is a long CD so you can bully her more after that, in the begin of mid game you will already be able to enter in her W and kill her, just remember to keep moving and dodge her Rs :D”
Et Lutum says “Gwen is super weak into Sejuani because practically all your damage is in close quarters and your dash allows you to ignore her anti damage circle. Really good match up.”
SilverAvalanche says “This is a Dash matchup. the will try and hit you with her scissor and you have to Q out of the true damage.
and try and ult her when she has her big ult left, she has 6 seconds to hit it and you can enter her in 3.15, so try and time it so you ult her after a second after she uses her second part of her ult.”
King Turtle says “her early game isn't very good and people don't build her correctly so it hinders her as a champion, but she's a rare champion that will beat you in an extended fight late game. Since extended fights are our strong point later on, that's a bit of a problem. ”
pokeyminch5236 says “Gwen's not too hard, her true damage does sting though if she lands it properly or if you let it hit you. Keep moving around so she can't land it and you should be fine. ”
MCSwavest says “Gwen is extremely scary to any top laner, especially when you try to put a marksman up there. Her W can very easily block every single ability you have, and if she's smart, she'll use it to deny you any E damage. Play as safe as possible, and look to make impact around the map.”
Chease says “You lose lvl 1 if she starts E, play as close to her as possible (try to stay in her W at all times), watch out for her stupid R2 and R3 dmg.”
The Rock Titan says “"[Comet, Doran's Ring, Q > W] - Q her all the time
- Do not underestimate her, all in her only when she's around 20% hp. If your combo don't kill, she can sustain back and kill you instead!
- You don't want to get close to her, she does a lot of damage if you're near her.
- You can trade if she uses her Q to waveclear."”
Amvill says “GO SWIFTNESS BOOTS. Even though Gwen is really strong against a lot of top laners, the way her kit works can be exploited by a Singed. The match up is similar to Illoai in the sense that with enough movement speed, you can evade her with ease. Bone plating is a good option as well as Aftershock or Phaserush.”
Wawza says “Her W's mist veil, makes her immune to your Q's knockups and her damage ramp from just auto attacking is dangerous especially early game, it's best to try to bait out her W with a combo she has to avoid (ex. Q > W pull) and trade while its down to take advantage of your Q's knockups.”
FeedLaneGetCaryd says “(Bone Plating+Magic Resist+DBlade) She is strong in all-ins, so buy MR and healing reduction, wait for lvl 9 then you win. Farm as much as possible, because she'll try to zone you off with her Q's. Don't R from far away when her W is up.”
FantasysAhlong says “You can sustain through lane in this match-up; tho she can win 1v1s against you, but she pretty much can never kill you, and you will never kill her as well. ”
jmp_01_ says “Take Conqueror. She has too high base armor, can take Teleport + Ignite, so it's basically impossible to fight her in 1v1. Use E and then W instantly otherwise she dodges it with her dash or her W - Hallowed Mist. There is not much to say - she outscales you, outsustains you because she has too much healing that can't be stopped with anti-heal.”
Black Demon Ezel says “Gwen's W can be a nuisance but it means next to nothing because if you get in there and ult, her mist goes poof and so does all her protection and then that's your chance to smash her into the dirt of the Rift”
Psychopathic Top says “Gets super tanky when you all in her. Do not all in her. I have lost a lot of all ins with sheen. Just focus on farming to Sunderer and grouping with team. If the Gwen player is good, she is basically a better version of you the entire game. One of the worst matchups for nasus atm. ”
DippyDan says “Gwen is pretty much the AP version of Fiora. She is a duelist with true damage, quick dashes, and high survivability. Even though she is a great pick for an AP top, Fiora should be able to completely shut her down in lane as Fiora is the better duelist. TIPS: [1] Take advantage of her weak early. [2] Buy executioner once she buys Omnivamp. [3] Parry her stacked Q to block true damage. ”
Hecki says “Don't go for long trades against this creature. Keep her at range and harass her with your Q after she uses her Q or has no stacks on it. Be careful at Level 6 since she can run you down with her R and ignite.”
IvernLover74856 says “Proc her bone plating., then go for the all-in level 1. You're basically the same champ but she's ranged and has BS W. Your ult lets her heal off you for free with hers, so if you use it make sure to dodge the needles, though honestly if you need to use ult near her you'll lose the all-in, so just try and escape.
Wolf can bite though her BS shield, because he's technically inside it.”
Rocking Masterock says “Now, before talking about the matchup, don't down vote the guide for this, but Gwen isn't hard for Malphite...
Max E Q, but buy divine sunderer, take fleet footwork, 1 ATK Speed - Adaptive Force and MR.
Good luck.”
Paccu says “Another group of champs, including Gwen, are champs that are simply too mobile to catch in your ult, they can dodge your skillshots with ease and make them a pain to kill”
KoKoNwoo says “Gwen has a lot of damage and healing. Make sure to buy a executioners or a bramble vest to reduce some of that healing. Her damage when she reaches level 6 will completely destroy you, so look for a fight before then. If she is taking ignite and teleport, ask your jungler to gank her. She will be easier to gank without a flash.”
Unmasked Kayle says “[Dblade, Executioners first back] At 6 you can kill her. Watch her auto counter and play around it for poke. Dodge her R and the middle of her Q. Dont get baited by her healing and burst.”
SunOak says “I have never faced this champion with yorick so i dont know what you should do or go. All I know is that she bursts you when you are playing tank. Start Cpot ”
Alan234 says “After the Gwen nerfs she is super managable. Go Grasp (boneplating) with Q max if you want to and wits end. You can go pta but its more risky due to her all in potential. Keep your ignite for her lvl 6 and don't let her e q you without being able to push her back. In all ins at lvl 6 flash her last tick of ult. Her W stops your Q so make sure you are within it when you fight.”
Kartagoo says “Probably THE hardest match up rn cuz Gwen is so overtuned (I hope shes getting a nerf) cuz same as riven you cant predict her burst after 6 and she does AD, AP and True Damage for some dumb reason :/ . So go ghost ignite build steel caps into bramble and then Sunfire Aegis into either titanic if ahead or spirit visage. ”
JaxIsAHobo says “A relatively strange lane, her level 1 actually beats yours unless the player is horrible at her. You basically piss on her after level 3 until 6, and then it becomes a relatively even lane again. At level 6, you want to dodge her full snip combo by sidestepping or leaping to the side, and then keep dueling her. Try not to duel her within her shroud, and disengage entirely, as it has a fairly long cooldown(22sec).”
RhinoStar says “Max out you E at first unless you are very good at hitting Q. She is annoying because of her W which gives her ability to basically dodge your Q and dashes. But as you hit level 6, fight freely, very open.”
King Turtle says “she's less of a threat and more of an annoyance before level 6, but once level 6 hits she can wear you down over time, and kite you with her R activations if she has something to hit for each tier to force your R out.”
GlaDyOfficial says “Care for her W, she can remove your E mid flight. And does a lot of dmg. Do only little trades with her, when she has little to none stacks.”
Bombabo says “Snips McGee hurts. She can do a lot of damage to Urgot since she can easily hit your huge, slow hitbox with the true damage component of her Q, and her insane base stats will let her stand her own against you for most parts of the game”
apkibum says “Gwen when fed can be a nightmare to deal with no matter who you are. Thats why during laning its important to not feed her. She's pretty easy to bully with your autos and blind. Your Q as teemo will stop her from stacking her passive to give her that extra Q damage. Like most champs let her engage on you first with her E, then poke her down using autos and your Q to stop that stacking. Her R is easy to dodge with your W. The only annoying thing in her kit that makes her hard to deal with is her W. Luckily it has a pretty long cool down so once she uses it it'll be easier to fight her. ”
Lupus_ToplaneMain says “This Matchup is skillbased, but Fiora favored. You need to parry her q and/or her 3/5 needle ult. (the second and 3rd cast). DOnt get baited into using your W on her first ult, it deals nearly no dmg, only slows. She can actually fight you level 1 and CAN even win if she is good. You cant win level 2. She has no CC to parry, so parry the most damage, as said above.”
SettVEVO says “This champion has an insane level 1, so be careful. She is really oppressive if she gets fed so if you aren't confident against her just play safe. You can either tank her Q with your W or dodge it and W later, build executioners cause she heals a lot, and as long as you hit the basic E stun high grit W combo you will win trades.”
Byku2506 says “Skilled matchup, Try to dodge her with stacked Q and drag her to you, Watch out for her W she can dodge your heal and takedown you. This is really mixed matchup against her. But try to risk to kill her.”
Papa Urgot says “I've never played this matchup. but i cant see how you win this one early/mid game. She can dodge cleavers from distance. It think she deals more damage and heals more then you early/midgame. ill change this bit as soon as i face one.”
Fryx says “Skill Matchup. She deals a lot of damage and can heal up if you trade long. Going for Grasp and maxing E will make the difference in this matchup.”
Vispectra says “It's rare but I've seen it. She is kinda of dependent on that player behind her. This cute little thing can potentially shred you up. Pay attention to her bars and avoid fighting her when they're full. Once they're down you could pop in for a quick trade but remember you might get chased by E. She does auto a damn lot and heal quite a bit. Stay safe and scale it out.
Max E into Gwen.”
SanLourdes says “Currently the best ban in higher levels of play, Gwen is an absolute disgusting champion. Her magic damage and damage based on max health completely shreds through Sion. Her E is really annoying as it can stop your Q, her ultimate makes it very hard to escape unless you have your ultimate up, and she scales extremely hard on top of having built-in sustain. Her little dashes also make her trickier to deal with.”
CucumberSandwich says “Another busted new champion that destroys our little mummy. Her Q outrades your Q > E > W combo, and her dash makes it hard to engage onto her. However, not commonly picked in lower elo's and hopefully will be banned soon.”
RainAndBow says “This broken champion is really powerful. You think Teemo can win against gwen, and you are right. But why do I put gwen as major threat? Gwen's R will slow the Teemo, and let her catch up to you with her dashes and Qs. Never get hit by the R! Play safe with the vision and you won't die. Ensure that you win in the CS. Make sure your team knows when Gwen is gone.”
calbino says “Gwen is pretty stupid. Everyone knows this, especially the top lane players. Her high armor, damage, healing is a real pain, and she doesn't really get punished for making a mistake in a fight.”
Jaori says “If she goes ignite - do not trade. It's impossible for you to win a 1vs1 there. If she doesn't go ignite - you can try trading, and you will most likely win after 6. Remember to ult her while she uses her W to steal all of this bonus armour and MR.”
RareParrot says “freak champion with xin ult on steroids with 20 second cd, dont fight her in her circle because she gets insane base stats poke her when her W is down and you should win.”
KarmaChamelion says “Snip snip! Bonus magic damage based on max HP, true damage and hallowed mist making it impossible to hit long ranged ults. Gwen is not fun to deal with and will easily shred through you. Best to take her on only with JG help. Good to usually ban her or Sett depending on which one you struggle more with.”
SavagePridestalker says “Gwen is super unbalanced right now, so the matchup is kinda hard. Level 1 absolutely DON'T fight her, she'll beat you. After a few levels it becomes pretty okay and with doubleW you should beat her up. After she gets 2 items, be careful, she'll snip you to death.
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Marwaii says “You can poke her with your Q endlessly and kill her at level 6. Hard push to deny CS. She might be able to outscale you but I'm not too sure yet.”
oogoogerson says “This champion is disgusting right now and will absolutely demolish you late game. But that's late game. Before level 6 you can kill her. It is a skill matchup at that point. Once she hits 6 she is so much stronger than you at level 6. You can still outplay her by dodging her R with your R and Ghost combined. You need ignite to even start to think you can kill her.”
Safolet says “This Matchup is very nice, because Gwen only has one dash to get closer to you, but Gnar has the E and has the range to keep her away and bother her with the Q or Basic Attacks. While you are in MegaGnar, you can wait for Gwen to approach you so that you can then do the combo of: R, Basic Attack, W, Basic Attack and finally the Q (although if you have time you can hit with a Basic Attack after the Q ), and then Jump with the E to exit the fight to return to the MiniGnar and hit from afar.”
SethPRG says “Disgustingly broken champion if they know how to abuse them. You can be 2k gold up and they will still be able to kill you. They scale super hard and you need to avoid that power spike at all costs. Their ult will shred your entire team late game so you absolutely must peel your squishies. You, surprisingly, as the AA lv 1 king, get beat down HARD by a doll with scissors. Your only hope in winning early will be to start W level 1 to survive. With it, you can usually bait them into a trade and at around half grit hit them with a W so they won't try to flash it. It should leave them low enough for you to be able to push them off a wave or two. In fights with them, you'll need to try and sidestep their Q's true damage. So long as you stick right next to them you should be able to walk behind them as they cast it. If they dash before it though, all you can do is walk away from the true damage line. Make sure you E stun your W to guarantee it hits them as they can easily dodge it otherwise with their W and or E. Try to catch them mid dash with your ult, or use your ult while they are casting Q or R to offset the area it hits you. Most people suck at this champ, but there's a reason it has well over a 50% ban rate in high elo. I would perma ban this if Wukong didn't exist lol.”
joelspaho121 says “Gwen favored. D Shield start with sorc tree. I haven't played this matchup all that much but I can confidently say that darius doesn't beat her. Pre 6 shes not strong so you can try and abuse her Q cooldown if she uses it but misses by dragging her with E. Always wait for her E first before Q-ing because she can just dash in or out and insta win the trade. executioners calling is a great buy earlier on to reduce her healing. whoever gets their mythic first wins the lane. respect level 6 all in and have jungler gank you.”
El Leon Gnar says “Gwen is only an extreme threat due to her insane early game kill pressure. Don't take early trades until you have E, and then only trade with Q or while she has no dash up.”
Helix128 says “Q her to avoid stacking hers and fight when you know her W is on cooldown. Has mobility to catch you and her damage is not bad at all.
Avoid the center of her Q or you are going to get chunked and she is going to heal a lot. Get grievous wounds as soon as possible.”
I am so chill says “annoying matchup however if you can manage to check his q bar and dodge it and stay inside the protection she is inside you should be able to kill her until late game however watch out for her lvl 1 e trade dont underestimate her power. ”
UlisesFRN says “Really easy matchup. Be careful when her passive is at full stacks and dont eat her true damage. You should be able to chase her and win trades.Her shield doesnt affect you at all so she plays with 2 skills rather than 3”
Humitaxx says “Gwen is the new champion, and as every new champions, she is broken right now if you let her get a tiny bit ahead, just trade while moving as much as you can, since if you stay still, she will out damage you by dealing the true damage from her Q, also whenever you want to engage, beware of her W Zone, since you will not be able to deal any damage from outside, or even get any form of CC done to her”
Snow Day Zoe says “I would say this one is who gets item first, if gwen gets item first, she can straight up kill you without losing health.
Make sure you know that she doesn't have a way to dodge your W.
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gps1mx says “Skill matchup, don't fight her lv1 EVER, then avoid extended fights against her, his weak point is that she love extended fights but can't catch up to most champions.”
Darkduet says “Gwen can be really aggresive and poke you all the time. But, your passive gives you a huge advantage considering that you need to be outside her W to deal no damage.”
tibs2 says “Bramble rush (even tho shes ap). Match up is easy if you know what you are doing. It is honestly hard to react w to her e so your best bet is to predict when she will use her dash. Look to q her if she tried to e auto trade you dont trade autos. If she r just r her immediately. If done correctly she will never have the ability to kill you in lane 1v1.”
SadmanV3 says “Gwen's a pretty dangerous threat to Nasus at all stages of the game, and especially in lane. This comes about because of her strong early game skirmish potential. Late game, her % damage passive allows her to deal significant damage even to a fully armored-up Nasus. The key to beating Gwen in lane is to avoid taking trades whilst she is buffed from her dash, and to avoid getting hit directly by her quadruple stacked Q (Since she can't move while casting it, you have some leeway.)
One additional note is that, Gwens shield also prevents damage from spirit fire, this might make trades surprisingly hard as you don't benefit from the armor reduction.”
DunkinDumpling says “NEVER play darius into gwen, its actually an unplayable matchup. you cant ever land a q because she has a million dashes and a free windwall fro m her w, and she also is tanky and does true damage on her q. she also outscales you. just dodge if you see a gwen honestly. ”
Ponkstronk says “If she has ignite and tp, you'll never be able to beat her. If she goes flash/tp, then punish her early before she gets tabi's and bramble or you insta lose. Ban or dodge”
XD001 says “She wins basically all 1v1s with Ekko levels 1-18 so you have to focus on CSing. Never try to engage when she has W + 4 stacks Q up, its basically suicide. Early grievous wounds is valuable as she usually has conqueror and riftmaker. You never really want to fight her so try to push the wave with Q and then roam to jg, top, or bot skirmishes to snowball them ahead.
Gwen outscales Ekko
electrocute + inspiration + tp”
PiscesPomf says “EASY LANE
Gwen is really annoying against range champs because her barrier blocks everything. But fortunately you are not a ranged champ ! So you will not be blocked by this. You can poke her easily, and go in when you want. Before 6, parry her scissors. After 6, parry her 3rd wave of needles or parry scissors if it's on cooldown. Take care, her ult deals A LOT of damages, you have to parry the 3rd wave.”
nachoreformed says “Sidestep the Q. That's it. Dodge the true damage portion of the Q and you win the lane. Be careful though; she will AA you to death at level 1 if you miss Q”
Draconic56 says “Gwen doesn't really stand a chance before she gets 2 items. She will outscale you so try to build up a lead. Try to dodge or W her fully stacked Q's if you don't she can possibly kill you. Once you get your ult you can straight up squash her. She will beat you if she has 2 items or more that is if you haven't gained a lead on her. Basically, she is free food for Mordekaiser.”
negoZoma69 says “Gwen struggles vs ranged champs. So you can just harass freely without wasting your abilities on her W. The only moment she can win his when she hits lv6 so respect her all in.”
SleeplessX says “(Subject to change) First learn her kit since she is new. Just fight her, you are a lot stronger early except in very long fights where she manages to land everything. Post-6 do try to sidestep her R, it's pretty thin”
pioj12 says “i haven't find a lot of gwens in my matches but as long as i know is pretty ez to all in her as mega especially at lvl6 and try to take poke to gwen bc i notice she has a lot of disadvantages vs ranged.
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In the Jungle (11%)
Gwen In the Jungle Counters: 2,8781,4509693646332 matches, 33 counter champions
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Tips Against Gwen in the Jungle Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors
Janooobi says “If she is full health you will not be able to kill her without help from the laner, avoid one on ones with her.”
BreadedBreadCrum says “Not really a Jungler, but can shred Daisy AND you. Remember Daisy doesn't share your W targeting, so she will still hit her after she uses W, despite you being outside of it. Try and play around her dash range, but she'll catch up. Go Aery Inspiration. For AP, go Everfrost or Liandry's. Sup, go Moonstone.”
Da Mastah says “You both have the same purpose: to powerfarm and scale, but you do it better. Make sure to buy wits end against her if she gets ahead.”
Zyvran says “There is nothing she can do to you pre 6. After 6, it all comes down to how well you can dodge her ult. Go Galeforce and RFC; poke her down to bait her Hallowed Mist.”
Pusi Puu says “Try to fight her early game. Later on she outscales and you are not able to jump onto her when she uses her field. Look for first scuttle fights”
Pullks says “Don't go near her if she is fed unless you have a team to back you up. She can ignore your ult damage and basically one shot you late game. ”
Tormentula says “You can bully Gwen early, she's only stronger than you level 1 (lol) and she's much weaker than you without items since she needs riftmaker to do much. She can outscale you, but you can gank/invade enough to prevent that, even then stunning her in a teamfight isn't too difficult. Just note her W mist will let her dodge cocoon or make you unable to click her, so you actually want her to walk up to you before you cast abilities or bait it out with Neurotoxin. If she's right on you or E's in, she will place W with you inside so you can attack. I recommend Rappeling her Q to dodge her main form of burst damage, or her 3rd R to deny the huge chunk of damage and healing. When she has Leeching Leer, try not to fight her in minions waves and lure her out so she doesn't simultaneously heal off you and the minions with her ult and Q.”
Asternova says “RUNES: Dark Harvest.
ITEMS: Zhonya's Hourglass if her team has a lot of AD, Banshee's Veil if they have a lot of AP. Morellonomicon is a must against her healing.
GAMEPLAY SUMMARY: Gwen is a fairly underrated jungler, she has a tough early game, but that doesn't bother her at all since she's a hyperscaling champion. Her ganks are poor unless her team can set them up, and even at level 6 your ganks are still better. Get inside her W to ult so she can't dodge it by using the ability during the projectile travel speed. Use your movement speed to kite her auto attacks, dodge the middle section of her ult to deny her true damage + healing, dodge her ultimate and she should be an easy kill.”
MiningRicK says “She got a Hotfix so now she is a little bit better but in Jungle she nahhh. I recommend to buy anti heal and then you will win I think.”
Kayncer says “Broken Champ, Scales way to hard and wins against you early, you can win with Red Kayn against her if you got an Item that has Armor Piercing, as Blue Kayn if you don´t one shot her, try to stay with the team to take her down!”
RedNBlue says “As long as Gwen is not too fed, you should be able to kill her even if she has conqueror.
If the Gwen is ahead of you, I wouldn't try to kill her, I would definitely go to fight her if your reasoning tells you that she won't burst you down even with 3k health in a matter of seconds, generally if you have a bigger health bar than her you should be fine if she is not doing that thing where someone just dumps your sustain and tankiness and cleans your mouth out with soap.”
Heccie says “Gwen got nerfed early but after she gets mythic she can become a monster, careful. early shes not bad though you can take both scuttles if you contest.”
DeleDulux says “Punish early by invades and ganks/counterganks
Mid game is a who is more feed
Late game she's very strong so try avoid fights in 1 vs 1”
Scyreption says “Her shield circle thingy makes you unable to proq your Q on her so you counter that by just going in and using E on her or Q while being in the circle (only when you have one or more team mates that is helping you kill her)”
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