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[4.0a] Gwen Guide

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Patch 4.0a

February 18, 2023 09:02

Gwen Guide

This champ is easy to learn but a challenge to master, she can carry any games and team fights when done correctly. She also has great late game potential too, so don't be scared to pick her up cause this guide is all you need.

Pros

- Good 1v1 potential when lvl 5
- Crazy Tower damage with 2 items
- Strong Late game
- Good for lane bully
- Has one of the strongest abilities in the game (2nd ability)
- Can choose to engage or disengage with her abilities

Cons

- Very squishy without 2nd ability
- Hard to comeback when falling behind
- Easy to immobilize if team has good cc
- Bad at team fights without 2nd ability
- Hard to master even if easy to learn

Gwen Build

Best Build Guide for Gwen

Starting Item

Core Build

After Core

Last Items

Boots

Boot upgrade

Item Build Description

Additional information on the items

Starter Items:

For starting item, always start with this Amplifying Tome . since you need your core items ASAP

Core Items:

You always want to prioritize Riftmaker and Nashor's Tooth every game.

Riftmaker offers gwen lifesteal and extra true damage when she wants to get close to her enemies (note: when the sciccors are more closer it deals true damage with Snip Snip! ). So go this item first since this is where gwen can really do some damage.
Nashor's Tooth Is a MUST 2nd items since this item can give gwen attack speed to easily proc her passive A Thousand Cuts .

With these 2 items gwen is at its full potential, but we still need to add some finishing touches to her build.

Rabadon's Deathcap Big damage spike with this item and a must have in every game you play. But you can always go situational items first since this item is go big or go home.

After Core items:

All these items depend on what you need but for usually after the core builds you wanna go:

Rabadon's Deathcap if you can't build this item first
Void Staff For enemies building too much magic res items
Lich Bane Good for enemy champs trying to get on your face like Lee Sin , Nautilus , and every meelee champ trying to get on your face, this item helps to deal damage up close.
Cosmic Drive Reduces ulti cooldown if you do rely on it too much. It also grants movement speed, which can be really useful to chase down cowards afraid to fight!

End game Items:

Guardian Angel this item is great if you want to feel safe and survive more fights.
Crystalline Reflector for champs that deal way to much ad
Liandry's Torment Great pair with Elder Dragon, also great for dealing extra damage to enemies that keep escaping with one health
Banshee's Veil is also a good situational item if enemy team drafted too much ap, it also gives a free shield to get you out of cc so you don't have to worry more with this item.

Boots to take

Basically, take Mercury's Treads if you need mr and cc reduction such as cc from Light Binding , Enchanted Crystal Arrow , Whimsy , and etc (note: there are some champs that can't reduce cc like yasuo's tornado).

And then take Plated Steelcaps for extra armor and also if your facing an ad champ in baron lane.

Upgrades

Most popular upgrade to get is [stasis enchant] , its because of how broken this item is if used right. You can get out of situations, delay enemy team so you can bait them into your team, dodging cc or any champion abilities (especially if you can dodge [malpite:ult], you are a goat).

These next 3 however are only situational and can win you games if used properly,

Quicksilver Enchant is an item that helps you if enemy team drafted too much cc. i usually build this for Pick A Card yellow card, Infinite Duress , Light Binding , and Dark Binding . Of course gwen already has a ability similar like this, Hallowed Mist , but sometimes i used it way too early and of course there are some cc champs you cant block such as Infinite Duress and Shield Vault .

Next one is Teleport Enchant which is useful if enemy team drafted useful champs for teamfights such as Katarina , Galio , Leona , Malphite , and etc. Of course the only way out of an argument is to not be in it, so thats what you want to do if you take Teleport Enchant . Gwens turret damage can get extremally dangerous mid game, especially with her 2 core items ( Nashor's Tooth and Rabadon's Deathcap ), its even to the point where ending the game is an option for her which is insanely broken. But however keep in mind that Teleport Enchant can only be useful for split pushing the map, so make sure to know when to split push right.

Last one Glorious Enchant , which is kind of uncommon but it is very useful once you know how to use it, can not only grant Gwen more movement speed, but can also provide Gwen with more S P E E D. I love this item for champs that have high mobility or they just run too fast, champs like Riven , Lulu , its always annoying to chase them down. This item is also gives you free [ghost], so you can easily get away, kite, and do a lot with this upgrade. But still this upgrade is also optional.

Gwen Runes

Best Runes for Gwen

Keystone

Conqueror

Domination

Hunter Vampirism

Resolve

Bone Plating

Inspiration

Pathfinder

Take this if your fighting melee champs like pantheon or nasus. Pathfinder can be changed if you aren't confident with skirmishes.

(note: Hunter Vampirism is really good for gwen especially when your carrying, i sometimes survive fights cause of this rune)

Keystone

Conqueror

Domination

Hunter Vampirism

Resolve

Second Wind

Inspiration

Hunter Genius

Take this if you know your gonna reach late game or if you want to reach late game. Conditioning can be changed with Hunter Titan if you want more health and survive more cc

Keystone

Conqueror

Domination

Brutal

Resolve

Second Wind

Inspiration

Nimbus Cloak

Take this if your fighting a hard matchup, of course you can exchange Sweet Tooth with Hunter Genius if you want to play safer

Skill Order

How to distribute skill points

A Thousand Cuts - Passive

Snip Snip!

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Hallowed Mist

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Skip 'n Slash

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Needlework

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Summoner Spells

When to take which summoners

Flash

Flash is also a good option for Gwen. Really useful to finish of enemies with it as well

Ignite

Also good for finishing of enemies

Ghost

Ghost is useful on gwen since she already has a dash on her 3rd ability, its also really useful in some matchups like [pantheon], [nasus], [darius]

Combos

Learn how to maximize the champions potential

Combo #1

Needlework ---> Skip 'n Slash ----> Hallowed Mist ----> AA ----> AA ---> AA ----> AA ----> Needlework ----> Snip Snip! ----> Needlework

This is a quick combo to kill your opponents with your ult. Of course you can use your Hallowed Mist whenever you want but this is usually my ideal combo

(Note: this does not have to be in order, you can always adapt combo you need to use)

Combo for teamfights

Skip 'n Slash ---> Hallowed Mist ----> Needlework ----> AA ---> AA ----> Needlework ----> AA ---> AA ----> Needlework