How to beat Gwen

Common role: Top

An AP bruiser who shreds tanks with % health true damage inside her mist.

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
  Dono tagliente

  Gli attacchi di Gwen infliggono danni magici bonus in base alla salute dei bersagli. Lei si cura per una parte dei danni inflitti ai campioni da questo effetto.

• Q
  Zac, zac!

  Gwen fa scattare rapidamente le forbici per un massimo di sei volte in un'area a cono, infliggendo danni magici. Gwen infligge danni puri alle unità al centro e applica la sua passiva a ogni unità con ogni taglio.

  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
  Sacra Nebbia

  Gwen evoca una nebbia che la protegge dai nemici all'esterno. Può essere bersagliata solo dai nemici che entrano nella nebbia.

  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
  Drittofilo

  Gwen scatta per una breve distanza e poi ottiene velocità d'attacco, gittata d'attacco e danni magici sul colpo per qualche secondo. Se colpisce un nemico durante questo periodo, la ricarica dell'abilità viene parzialmente rimborsata.

• R
  Ricamo fatale

  Gwen scaglia un ago che rallenta i nemici colpiti, infligge danni magici e applica Dono tagliente ai campioni colpiti.Questa abilità può essere lanciata altre due volte e ogni lancio scaglia aghi aggiuntivi, infliggendo più danni.

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.

This guide covers Gwen's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.