CounterPlay
Gwen

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. 1PantheonPantheon67.3%54 games
  2. 2UrgotUrgot65.6%49 games
  3. 3FioraFiora64.0%65 games
  4. 4AmbessaAmbessa62.1%83 games
  5. 5KayleKayle64.5%40 games
  6. 6VolibearVolibear62.0%57 games
  7. 7YasuoYasuo61.5%58 games
  8. 8ShenShen59.8%93 games

Tired of looking this up before every game?

Counterplay picks the counter for you — live in champ select, from this same data.

Get the app — free

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

Weaknesses to exploit

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Gwen's abilities does — and how to play around it.

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.

Know your counter in champ select

Counterplay reads your draft live and suggests the best pick, bans and synergy against the enemy team — free, for Windows.

Download Counterplay

Comments

Share your own tips against Gwen.

All champion guides