Top · 134 games · KR

Gwen

Top · 74% of games Jungle · 23%

Strongest when games end at 25–30 minutes (55%). On average behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes (−42 gold), and still wins 51%.

Win rate: 51.5%; ±8.5 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: B; #29 of 76
Pick rate: 2.1%; ban 0.8%
Games: 134; ranked solo/duo

Lane opponent

Any opponent

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Gwen top wins 51.5% of 134 ranked games in KR, rank 29 of 76 top champions (tier B). Most players finish Riftmaker first, at about 12:18.

The build at a glance

What most Gwen players run

Items 1–4: the most common path. Later items: the most common pick in the games that last that long, so fewer games.

Items, in buying orderEvery option, item by item →

Item 1

Riftmaker 12:28 · 67% · 87 games

Boots

Plated Steelcaps 13:36 · 32% of games

Item 2

Nashor's Tooth 19:15 · 65% · 40 games

Item 3 · late game

Zhonya's Hourglass 25:00 · 15 of 46 games

Runes

Conqueror · Precision + Resolve 11% of games · 40% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Ring + Health Potion 81% of games · 55% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Teleport 43% of games · 52% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Snip Snip! first 99% of games · 52% wins Skill orders →

When Gwen wins

Best when games end at 25–30′

Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished.

Ends before 25′51% wins54% of games · 72

Lasts 25′ or more52% wins45% of games · 60

Lanes

Watch out for K'Sante

Hard Easy Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →

What wins Gwen games

First Baron: 91% against 32%

Win rate when the team took it firstwhen it didn't Gap

First Baron 32% 91% +59

First tower 24% 76% +52

Rift Herald 39% 73% +34

First dragon 40% 64% +24

First Voidgrubs 41% 62% +21

First blood 49% 54% +5

Taking an objective goes with winning; it isn't the whole cause. First inhibitor is left out: it mostly means the game is already won.

How Gwen plays

Fewer assists, more damage to towers

What stands out (10% or more) against the average top laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.

Fewer assists a game3.7 against 4.9 · −25%

More damage to towers9741 against 7994 · +22%

More multikills a game0.46 against 0.38 · +21%

Fewer solo kills a game1.7 against 1.9 · −13%

Less kill participation31% against 35% · −13%

About average: vision, time spent dead, gold.

Build path

Item by item, with the clock

What players finish in each slot, and when. Pick items to follow a build: every column then shows only games that match your picks, and a picked item doesn't appear in another slot. Fewer games last long enough for items 5 and 6.

Item 1done ~12:00

Item 2done ~19:00

Item 3done ~25:00

Item 4done ~32:24

Most common full builds

Plated Steelcaps › Riftmaker › Nashor's Tooth › Zhonya's Hourglass 42.9%7 games

Riftmaker › Plated Steelcaps › Nashor's Tooth › Rabadon's Deathcap 40.0%5 games

Dusk and Dawn › Plated Steelcaps › Riftmaker › Shadowflame 100.0%3 games

Dusk and Dawn › Rabadon's Deathcap › Sorcerer's Shoes › Zhonya's Hourglass 100.0%3 games

Dusk and Dawn › Nashor's Tooth › Plated Steelcaps › Zhonya's Hourglass 100.0%3 games

Each row stops where games ended or the next item was too rare to list on its own. Boots (dashed ring) sit where they're usually bought.

Adjust to their team

Items 2–4 against each team

Against teams with magic heavy damage

Shadowflame 86%7

Rabadon's Deathcap 80%5

Nashor's Tooth 68%22

Zhonya's Hourglass 50%6

Dusk and Dawn 45%11

Riftmaker 40%5

Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.

Before the first back

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion54.6%108

Doran's Shield + Health Potion26.7%15

Doran's Helm + Health Potion37.5%8

Boots

Plated Steelcaps ~13:3644.2%43

Ionian Boots of Lucidity ~11:4856.5%23

Mercury's Treads ~18:3657.9%19

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport51.7%58

Flash + Ignite42.3%26

Teleport + Ignite63.2%19

Skills

Max

W51.9%133

Max

E0.0%1

Start

W50.8%59

Start

Q64.9%37

Hard lanes

Watch out for K'Sante

Easy lanes

Good into Gangplank

Every lane opponent · 10+ games

Ahead at 15 against 2 of 2, wins 1 of them

Expected: what Gwen's and the opponent's overall win rates predict; the tick on each bar marks it. Rankings lean toward "even" until there are enough games.

Fewer than 10 games (18)

Dr. Mundo 100% · 6

Sion 50% · 6

Yone 40% · 5

Camille 60% · 5

Olaf 60% · 5

Ambessa 50% · 4

Yasuo 25% · 4

Shen 100% · 4

Rumble 50% · 4

Zaahen 33% · 3

Malphite 100% · 3

Poppy 100% · 3

Gnar 33% · 3

Yorick 100% · 3

Fiora 33% · 3

Renekton 33% · 3

Nasus 67% · 3

Pantheon 33% · 3

Gwen vs K'Sante · 13 games · Early read

Gwen does worse than expected here

46%winsexpected 54%

+36gold at 15′average −42

+13.3minions at 10′ahead or behind

0%in on first bloodsolo kills −0.15 a game

Gold lead against K'Sante Gwen's average lead

Against K'Sante, Gwen is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 46% of games and wins 50% of those. When behind, Gwen wins 43%.

Ahead at 15′50% wins6 games

Behind at 15′43% wins7 games

Full Gwen vs K'Sante page · Coming soon

The rest of the game · 15+ games

Enemies that cost Gwen games: Jhin

Enemy jungle Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy mid Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy bot Trouble

Jhin50% · exp. 54% −422 games

Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy support Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Only differences that hold up after leaning small samples toward "even" are listed.

Dies about as often as most top laners

Before 14 minutes Gwen dies 2.3 times a game (average 2.5). 39% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 40% for the average top laner. 52% are fair 1-v-1s.

2.3deaths per game before 14′about average (2.5)

39%involve the enemy junglerabout average (40%)

48%outnumbered (2+ enemies)about average (49%)

83%with no teammate nearabout average (83%)

Deaths before 14 minutes. Gank: the enemy jungler got the kill or helped. Collapse: two or more enemies, no jungler. Alone: no teammate within about a screen.

Where Gwen dies before 14 minutes

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of top lane

Ganks: 47% in your half of top lane. Collapses: 56% in your half of top lane. 1-v-1s: 62% in your half of top lane.

Each square takes the colour of the most common kind of death there; brighter = more deaths. Red-side games are flipped, so the map always reads from the blue side.

Compared with the average top laner

What kills Gwen

Kind of death

Gwen Average

Gank 39% (avg 40%)Collapse 9% (avg 9%)1-v-1 52% (avg 51%)

Who gets the kill

Gwen Average

Bot laner 2% (avg 1%)Jungler 25% (avg 25%)Support 2% (avg 2%)Mid laner 7% (avg 8%)Top laner 64% (avg 62%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 5:00 and 7:00, then every minute

Gwen Peak Average top laner

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Ward the river before 5:00 and 7:00. From 10:00, keep vision up: ganks come every minute.

Deaths involving the enemy jungler, per 100 games, by minute. Narrow bars: Gwen; wide light bars behind them: the average. Highlighted: the laning peaks.

Where Gwen wins fights

Wins fights in their half of top lane, loses them in your half of top lane

Before 14 minutes: 1.1 kills per death in their half of top lane against 0.4 in your half of top lane. Overall 0.7 kills per death.

Your half of top lane 0.4 K/D 70 / 173

Their half of top lane 1.1 K/D 109 / 96

The top-side river 0.8 K/D 18 / 22

Their jungle 1.6 K/D 11 / 7

Your jungle 0.8 K/D 7 / 9

Blue bars: kills, red bars: deaths. On the map, blue squares are where Gwen wins more fights than they lose, red where they lose more.

At the team's dragonsWorth knowingNear 17% of their team's dragon takes (average top laner 16%). The team wins 75% when Gwen is there and 70% when not.

Leaving laneWorth knowingFirst shows up in mid lane around 16:00 (average 16:00). Top laners who get there by 14:00 win 50% against 50%; for Gwen it is 44% against 55%.

Gwen

What most Gwen players run

Best when games end at 25–30′

Watch out for K'Sante

First Baron: 91% against 32%

Fewer assists, more damage to towers

Item by item, with the clock

Most common full builds

Items 2–4 against each team

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Boots

Summoner spells

Skills

Watch out for K'Sante

Good into Gangplank

Ahead at 15 against 2 of 2, wins 1 of them

Gwen does worse than expected here

Gwen does better than expected here

Enemies that cost Gwen games: Jhin

Teammates that change Gwen's games

Dies about as often as most top laners

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of top lane

What kills Gwen

Ganks come at 5:00 and 7:00, then every minute

Wins fights in their half of top lane, loses them in your half of top lane

Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in your jungle

Where fights happen