Gwen
Hardest matchups for Gwen in Top (Emerald, patch 16.20): 
Zed, 
Tryndamere, 
Singed. Easiest: 
K'Sante, 
Dr. Mundo, 
Rumble.
Try it in a draftCountersPower curvesIn the tier listWho wins into GwenOn the pro tier list
Gwen on patch 16.22
- Top51.2%#20 of 103A5,949 games
- Jungle52.0%#16 of 74A1,889 games
- steady since 16.21
Gwen’s main role on patch 16.22 is Top: a 51.2% win rate across 5,949 Emerald games, #20 of 103 Top champions on the tier list (grade A), picked in 2.4% of games. Gwen is also played Jungle: a 52.0% win rate across 1,889 games, #16 of 74. Since patch 16.21, Gwen Top has not moved by more than chance explains: 0.3 points across 37,362 games in 8 ranks.
Emerald games from every region, as of Nov 9, 2026. The tables below load current numbers. Patch 16.22 tier list
Solo queue
Open in the tier listPatch 16.20, the current one
| Lane | Grade | Win rate | Games | Picked | Mains |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top64% of its games | B | 50.0%50.0% raw ±0.8 | 16,183 | 2.3%2.7% banned | 52.3%50.1% first time |
| Jungle22% of its games | A | 50.9%51.1% raw ±1.3 | 5,647 | 0.8%2.7% banned | 53.1%46.8% first time |
| Mid13% of its games | S | 51.8%52.3% raw ±1.7 | 3,359 | 0.5%2.7% banned | 52.5%47.4% first time |
| Bot0% of its games | too few games | 50.2%51.6% raw ±8.8 | 124 | 0.0%2.7% banned | 51.4%47.3% first time |
| Support0% of its games | too few games | 49.2%24.1% raw ±18.2 | 29 | 0.0%2.7% banned | 51.1%47.0% first time |
Matchups
Every matchupHow to read this
Gwen’s win rate against each champion picked into it in the lane opposite: its hardest matchups, then its easiest. The small number is the matchup’s own effect on Gwen, the part not explained by either champion’s strength.
Hardest for Gwen
Lane leads and team bans
What Gwen’s team bans
Champions a team bans more often when it has Gwen than the other team does in the same games (120,507 games). The other team banned before Gwen was picked, so the gap is the ban spent because Gwen was coming — a sign players see these as counters. Riot does not say which player cast a ban, so this is the team’s choice.
Builds
Every buildHow to read this
How Gwen is built in this lane, most common first, with the items those builds finish and how they win.
- AP sustained
52.1%14,843 games - AP burst
54.7%727 games - On-hit
51.8%10 games - Tank
52.3%7 games - Crit
52.2%1 games
Runes and summoner spells
How to read this
How Gwen does with each summoner-spell pair, keystone and minor rune in this lane, at the rank and region above. These are the win rates of the players who made each choice, not the choice’s own effect: a page is recommended only when a real share of players runs it.
17,484 games · patches 16.20, 16.21 · Sep 10 – Oct 21
Flash + Ignite50.3% · 10,824 games
ConquerorPrecision + Inspiration · 50.0%
Triumph · Legend: Alacrity · Cut Down · Triple Tonic · Cosmic InsightShards: Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health
Start: Doran's Ring + Health Potion · 52.5%
Key items: Dusk and Dawn → Shadowflame · 53.1%
Boots: Sorcerer's Shoes · 53.0%Every option, with its numbers
Summoner spells
Teleport + Ignite50.8%672 games · 3.8% pick rate · same players: +1.0 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended- Flash + Ignite50.3%10,824 games · 62% pick rate · the usual choiceRecommended
Ghost + Ignite47.3%778 games · 4.5% pick rate · same players: −0.3 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended- Flash + Teleport48.5%2,381 games · 14% pick rate · same players: −1.5 pts vs the usual
Keystones
First Strike + Sorcery50.6%1,384 games · 7.9% pick rate · same players: +1.7 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended- Conqueror + Inspiration50.0%3,693 games · 21% pick rate · same players: +0.9 pts vs the usualRecommended
Stormraider's Surge + Inspiration53.5%1,081 games · 6.2% pick rate · same players: +0.4 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended
Conqueror + Resolve49.2%10,028 games · 57% pick rate · the usual choice
Minor runes with Conqueror
- Triumph50.3%14% take it
Presence of Mind49.2%84% take it
Absorb Life53.3%2.4% take it
- Legend: Alacrity49.4%98% take it
Legend: Haste52.1%2.2% take it
- Cut Down49.8%11% take it
Last Stand49.3%88% take it
- Cosmic Insight50.1%38% take it
- Triple Tonic52.2%14% take it
Biscuit Delivery49.8%55% take it
Magical Footwear48.8%54% take it
Cash Back50.0%36% take it
- Attack Speed49.7%92% take it
- Adaptive Force53.0%7.6% take it
- Adaptive Force49.9%99% take it
- Health51.2%17% take it
- Health Scaling49.7%82% take it
These numbers describe, they do not prove. Each rate is Gwen’s record when its player chose that option, pulled toward Gwen’s own rate by 100 games of prior so a small sample cannot look like a discovery. An uncommon page often wins more because experts run it, and they would win on any page, so only a choice taken in at least 10% of games can be recommended, and spells and keystones are ranked by how the SAME players do with them against the usual choice, not by the raw rate; rarer ones are listed with their numbers and labeled. The build line (opening buy, the two key items in the order they are finished, boots or the support upgrade) is advice in the same sense: how Gwen does when built that way.
The learning curve
Champion pool
On a first game Gwen wins 46.2%; in the hands of players with the most mastery on it, 54.0%. That gap ranks it 29 of 173 for how much practice pays. It crosses 50% at about 62K mastery points.
Pro play
On the pro tier list
Gwen in the major leagues and international events this season, across 3,434 games: its record, how often it is picked or banned, whether it is taken blind or saved as a counter, its lane at 15 minutes, and the best pro on it.
| Lane | Win rate | Priority | Blind / counter | Lane @15 | Best pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 51.5%102W 87L | 14%15% in any lane | 80% counter | +51 gold | — |
| Jungle | 49.4%5W 9L | 1%15% in any lane | 86% counter | −84 gold | — |
How much knowing Gwen pays
Players on their Mastery band win 7.8 points more on Gwen than first-timers do: #29 of 173 champions for how much mastery pays.
At 300k+ mastery points, Gwen players win 54.0%: #7 of 173 champions for where mastery ends up. The curve is still rising there: its fitted ceiling of about 55.3% lies beyond the data and is an estimate, not a measurement.
GwenDots are the six mastery bands, placed at their mastery points. The line is the best-fitting curve that rises and levels off.
This is not a promise about your next game. Players do not reach a mastery band in a random order, and a champion someone loses on tends to get dropped before it reaches the high bands — so the right-hand side of every curve is partly survivors, not only practice.
Text summary of this page as it stood on Nov 9, 2026. The live tables on this page are current.
Gwen ranked-play summary
Most similar champions: Zaahen, Kayle, Fiora.
Anonymous public figures recorded on Nov 9, 2026, when this page was built. The interactive tables on this page load current data.