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Playing Against Gwen
JunglePatch 16.3.1
What They Do
AP scaling skirmisher. Gwen is a weak early game jungler who focuses on power-farming to level 6. She uses to ignore ranged damage and CC, while shredding tanks and bruisers with the true damage from and %HP damage from .
Abilities (What to Watch For)
| Ability | What You'll See | What It Means For You |
|---|---|---|
| Blue sparks on every attack | Deals bonus magic damage based on your max health and heals her. The more HP you have, the more she heals from . | |
| Multiple rapid snips in a cone | Deals magic damage. The center of the cone deals True Damage and applies . If she has 4 stacks, she snips 6 times. Dodge the center. | |
| A circular blue mist zone | She is untargetable to anyone outside the circle. She gains Armor and MR while inside. If she leaves it, the mist follows her once, then disappears. | |
| A short dash with blue light | Gains attack speed and range. If she hits an enemy within 4s, the CD is refunded by 25-65%. is her only gap closer. | |
| Throws large blue needles | Can be cast 3 times. Each cast deals damage, applies , and slows by 40-60%. Final cast throws 5 needles. |
Respect
- !Fully stacked →At 4 stacks (shown under her health bar), deals massive true damage and procs her healing 6 times in the center.
- !Level 6 power spike→Gwen's ganks are bad early, but gives her 3 waves of heavy slows that make it impossible to run away.
- !Dueling inside →She gains significant bonus resistances inside the mist. Fighting her on her own turf is a losing battle for most junglers.
- !Late-game scaling→With 3+ items, her shreds through 3000+ HP targets in seconds. Do not let the game reach 35 minutes.
Punish
- +is on cooldown (20-16s)→She is extremely squishy without the mist. Call your mid/support to collapse on her while she's vulnerable to ranged CC.
- +dash is used poorly→If she uses to move but doesn't hit anything, the cooldown is 13-9s. All-in her while her mobility is gone.
- +Pre-6 Jungle Invades→Gwen is weak to high-burst AD junglers (Lee Sin, Khazix) early. Invade her at her second buff to set her behind.
- +Zero stacks on →If she hasn't auto-attacked minions or monsters recently, her only snips twice. Fight her before she can stack up.
Laning Tips
- •Dodge the center of by moving diagonally or through her; the outer edges deal much less damage.
- •If you are a ranged jungler, you MUST step inside the to hit her with Smite or CC.
- •Bait out her by walking toward her, then back off. It has a massive 20s cooldown early.
- •Gwen has no hard CC (stuns/roots). If you are healthy, you can usually just walk away unless she has ready.
- •Early Grevious Wounds (Executioner's/Oblivion Orb) is mandatory to cut her healing during duels.
- •Ward her jungle camps early. She needs gold more than kills, so stealing her camps ruins her transition to mid-game.
Teamfight Warning
- ⚠Don't group in narrow jungle corridors; a 3-man will heal her for her entire health bar.
- ⚠Frontliners should not 'brave' her damage; she uses you as a battery to heal via while she waits for her cooldowns.
- ⚠Save your hard CC for the moment she steps out of her or for when you can dive into it together.
- ⚠Watch her stacks. If she enters a fight with 4 stacks, her first will instantly chunk your team.
- ⚠Focus her immediately if she misses her needles, as she loses a massive portion of her utility and slow.
AI-generated counterplay guide • Patch 16.3.1 • Generated