How to beat Gwen
Common role: Top
An AP bruiser who shreds tanks with % health true damage inside her mist.
Best counters vs Gwen
Champions with the highest win rate against Gwen on their main role — real ranked match data, patch 16.14.
- 1
Pantheon67.3%54 games
- 2
Urgot65.6%49 games
- 3
Fiora64.0%65 games
- 4
Ambessa62.1%83 games
- 5
Kayle64.5%40 games
- 6
Volibear62.0%57 games
- 7
Yasuo61.5%58 games
- 8
Shen59.8%93 games
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What makes Gwen dangerous
Gwen's Q snips deal % max-health magic damage, melting tanks, and her W creates a mist that makes her untargetable to enemies outside it and where she can't be targeted from range. She heals and scales, becoming an unkillable duelist that dives the backline with her needle ultimate.
How to play against Gwen
- 1Don't chase her into her W mist — she's untargetable to anyone outside it. Wait for the mist to expire or fight her outside it.
- 2Her Q shreds tanks with true damage — don't try to out-tank her. Burst her down or kite her instead of trading HP.
- 3Grievous Wounds cuts her healing, and hard CC before she can reposition in her mist catches her.
- 4Punish her weak early game before her items — Gwen is a scaler. Pressure her off farm and end before she comes online.
Weaknesses to exploit
- ✓Weak early game; item- and scaling-reliant.
- ✓Untargetability only works inside her W mist.
- ✓Grievous Wounds cuts her healing.
- ✓Kiteable and punishable by hard CC when the mist is down.
Abilities & how to counter them
What each of Gwen's abilities does — and how to play around it.
P
Mille coupuresLes attaques de Gwen infligent des dégâts magiques supplémentaires selon les PV de la cible. Gwen récupère des PV équivalents à une partie des dégâts que cet effet inflige aux champions.
Q
Tchac, tchac !Gwen coupe jusqu'à 6 fois avec ses ciseaux, infligeant des dégâts magiques dans une zone conique. Gwen inflige des dégâts bruts aux unités au centre de la zone et applique sa compétence passive sur eux à chaque coup de ciseaux.
Strong: snips deal % max-health true damage, melting tanks. Weak: don't try to out-tank her — burst or kite instead of trading HP.
W
Brume sacréeGwen invoque une brume qui la protège des ennemis hors de la zone. Elle ne peut être ciblée que par les ennemis qui entrent dans la brume.
Strong: her mist makes her untargetable to enemies outside it, including from range. Weak: don't chase her into it — wait for it to expire or fight her outside.
E
Élan incisifGwen effectue une courte ruée, puis gagne de la vitesse d'attaque, de la portée d'attaque et des dégâts magiques à l'impact pendant quelques secondes. Si elle frappe un ennemi pendant cette durée, le délai de récupération de cette compétence est réduit.
R
PiqûreGwen lance une aiguille qui ralentit les ennemis touchés, inflige des dégâts magiques et applique Mille coupures sur les champions touchés. Cette compétence peut être activée jusqu'à deux fois de plus. Chaque activation lance des aiguilles supplémentaires et inflige plus de dégâts.
Itemization
Gwen is AP with % health true damage and healing. Grievous Wounds and magic resist blunt her, and burst/kite instead of tanking her Q. Beat her early before she scales.
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