Gwen is a benevolent seamstress doll who received life through magic. The warrior uses sewing tools as a weapon, deals a lot of damage and takes on the role of defender, pursuer and damage dealer. In the guide, we will tell you how to properly develop Gwen's abilities, what runes and items she needs, how to play for her.
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Hero Skills
The doll deals only magic damage, equally relies on both its skills and basic attacks. It depends a lot on skill power. The character has the most developed indicators of damage and mobility, slightly less good in defense. Her support and control stats are at zero. Let's look at each ability in more detail.
Passive Skill - Thousand Cuts
Gwen's on-hit attacks deal bonus magic damage based on the target's maximum health.
She heals herself for 50% of the damage this ability deals to enemy champions.
The first skill is Chik-chik!
Passively: Gwen gains 1 stack when she attacks an enemy (max 4, lasts 6 seconds).
The Coordinating Staff of Volyn Regional Football Association has actively: consumes accumulated stacks. Gwen cuts once, dealing between 10-30 magic damage (growing with ability power), cuts again for each previously accumulated stack, and then cuts the increased magic damage one last time. Center of each hit deals True Damage and applies a Passive to Enemies Affected "A Thousand Cuts"
This ability deals 50% more damage to minions above 20% health. Minions with less than 20% health take 100% damage.
Skill XNUMX - Sacred Mist
Gwen summons a sacred mist that makes her inaccessible to all enemies (except towers) outside the area for 4 seconds or until she leaves it. While in the fog, Gwen gains 17-25 points of armor and magic resistance.
She can re-cast this ability once to draw the fog towards her. Will automatically restart the first time Gwen tries to leave the area.
The third skill - Loose fit
The champion dashes and empowers his attacks for the next 4 seconds. Supported attacks gain 20-80% attack speed and deal bonus magic damage on hit. Also increases attack range by 75 units.
The first hit that hits an enemy reduces the cooldown by 25-65%.
Ultimate - Embroidery
First application: Throws a needle that deals 35-95 points + 1% of the target's maximum health as magic damage, slowing by 40-60% for 1,5 seconds. Damage indicators directly depend on the ability power and the level of the ult. Gwen also applies a passive effect "A Thousand Cuts" to all hit enemies. After 1 second, she can cast it again (up to 2 times).
Second application: Fires three needles, dealing 105-285 points of magic damage. The final damage is based on the ability power, the level of the ult, and the maximum health of the affected target.
Third Application: Fires five needles, dealing maximum magic damage that Gwen can deal with this skill. The final damage is also the sum of the ability power, the level of the ult, and the maximum health of the hit target.
Sequence of leveling skills
They are pumped in exactly the same order in which they are provided in the game - from the first to the third. But remember that the ultimate is the ultimate ability of the hero, which always develops first. You can increase it to the maximum value by reaching levels 6, 11 and 16.
Basic Ability Combinations
To deal as much damage as possible in a matter of minutes and pick up a character from a couple of procasts, use the following combinations of abilities:
- Auto Attack -> Third Skill -> Second Skill -> Auto Attack -> Auto Attack -> Auto Attack -> First Skill -> Auto Attack. A simple combination, the essence of which is that you first close the distance with your opponent and strengthen subsequent hand strikes. Then you increase the level of protection, and then inflict a series of blows. During this time, you fully charge your first skill and inflict the maximum damage allowed at the end.
- Skill XNUMX -> Skill XNUMX -> Flash. Difficult combination. Here, Gwen activates the fog beforehand, and then is transferred to the enemy at a very wide distance from him. The jump must be applied before the dash animation ends. This makes it very easy to reach the heroes from a long distance or to deliver an unexpected blow from an ambush.
- Ultimate -> Auto Attack -> Third Skill -> Auto Attack -> Ultimate -> First Skill -> Auto Attack -> Second Skill -> Ultimate -> Flash. The most difficult combo of the entire collection. You need to quickly press all the buttons and move around the enemy champion, remembering to accumulate stacks. The last dash helps to quickly get out of the fight, especially if you were in the thick of a team fight. Abilities quickly replace each other, keeping the enemy in control and confusion. It is better to use against complex carries or hard-to-reach characters behind enemy lines.
Pros and cons of the hero
Before playing for any character, you need to study its mechanics in detail, get used to it, and also pay attention to strengths and weaknesses. This knowledge will be very useful in the game when choosing a build and combat tactics.
Pros of playing as Gwen:
- A stable hero at all stages of the game.
- Explosive high damage.
- Very mobile character with good survivability.
- Can block incoming skills with a second skill.
- Works great as a protector.
- Strong ultimate.
- Feels good both in team fights and in single battles.
Cons of playing as Gwen:
- Quite difficult to master, not suitable for beginners.
- She has a hard time playing against ranged heroes.
- The first skill sags a lot without accumulated charges and becomes useless.
- The second skill does not protect against tower attacks.
Suitable runes
To expand Gwen's abilities, we suggest using the Precision and Courage rune assembly, aimed at improving attacks and increasing durability. Below is a screenshot and a detailed description of the runes.
Primal Rune - Accuracy:
- Conqueror - when you damage an opponent with abilities, attacks from your hand, spells, you earn special stacks that increase adaptive strength. They then increase the strength of the hero. If you gain the maximum number of charges, then you additionally open the effect of vampirism.
- The presence of the spirit crushing an enemy after 1 second grants 15% of your total mana or energy. If you deal damage to a champion from the enemy team, then increase the regeneration of mana or energy.
- Legend: Zeal - increases attack speed by 3%, and also increases it by 1,5% for each stack of Legend collected.
- The Last Frontier - Deal 5-11% more damage to enemies while you are below 60% HP. The most damage is done when health drops to 30%.
Secondary Rune - Courage:
- Bone plate - After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks taken from them deal 30-60 less damage.
- Dauntless - gain 5% resistance to slow and tenacity. This increases based on your missing health, up to 25% slow resistance and tenacity at or below 30% max health.
- +10 attack speed.
- +9 to adaptive damage.
- +6 Armor.
Required Spells
Jump - this is a summoner spell used by all champions in the match. Its main feature is an instant teleport over short distances, which can be used both for defense and for attack. Allows you to teleport between walls or obstacles.- Teleport - within 4 seconds, your champion is teleported to an allied structure. Improves at 14 minutes. Improved teleport has a 240 second cooldown, can be used on allied buildings, minions, or totems, and grants a movement speed boost for a few seconds.
- Ignition - is a summoner spell that sets the target enemy champion on fire, dealing pure damage over 5 seconds and inflicting terrible wounds, reducing the effectiveness of treatment by 50%.
- Ghost - you get a large movement speed boost, which then reduces to 25% bonus movement speed, and the ability to pass through players.
Best Build
According to the winrate results, the gear set below is the best fit for playing Gwen in the lane.
Starting Items
At the beginning of the match, purchase items that will help you clear lanes from minions faster and not return to the base for healing.
- Ring of Doran.
- Health Potion.
- Hidden totem.
Early items
The following items will increase her movement speed and ability power. The character will start dealing more damage and can then upgrade them to legendary items.
- Breaking wand.
- Boots.
Main subjects
As the main stats, choose the power and acceleration of skills, life drain, health, armor and attack speed. The first item will buff other legendary items to life drain and ability power.
- Breaker maker.
- Armored boots.
- Nashor's tooth.
Complete assembly
In the fullset, she will have equipment that will also increase ability power, reduce cooldown, increase defense, and grant magical penetration. The latter is very important in the later stages, since the enemies will have time to replenish their arsenal with items for magical protection, and it will be difficult for you to break through it.
- Breaker maker.
- Armored boots.
- Nashor's tooth.
- Zhonya's hourglass.
- Rabadon's Death Hat.
- Staff of the Abyss.
If you still can’t break through someone else’s defense, then we recommend purchasing an item Twilight Flame, which, like Staff, will cut magic resistance.
Worst and best enemies
Before taking Gwen to the team, evaluate the composition of the opponents. She handles some characters easily, such as Yorick, Doctor Mundo and Cho'Gata. She can easily push them in the lane, making it difficult to farm and get the first kills quickly. However, there are also characters with whom it will be very difficult for her. Among them:
- Riven - A capable warrior with high damage, mobility, survivability and control. Against her on the lane, you can’t do without the support of a tank or a jungler, otherwise there is a chance to become an easy target.
- Warwick - a very heavy forester or fighter. No matter what role he takes, he will still be a real problem for Gwen. Try not to face him in one-on-one combat at any stage of the game, he can out-damage you or easily track you down in the woods with low health.
- Kled - A warrior with good damage, defense and mobility. It is dangerous because, even keeping a distance, you can fall into his trap or collide while he flies around the map with Skarl. Learn to avoid his attacks and skills so as not to fall into a trap.
When it comes to allied champions, Gwen's best synergy in multiple matches is with the jungler. Poppy – She acts as a defender and controller, so more often, going to the top lane, she will provide an easy gank. Also good is Gwen on the team with Jarvan IV и Rek'Sayem in the role of foresters, with proper coordination of actions.
How to play as Gwen
Beginning of the game. Gwen is a versatile champion, she can be a high damage fighter that will melt the entire enemy team in the late game. Or a frontline tank that protects teammates but still somehow outclasses many players in damage.
This is the weakest phase. For most of the laning phase, just focus on farming and defending against ganks. Try to keep 4 stacks on the first skill so that the enemies are afraid to attack you. Don't go into long fights because the champion's cooldown is too high for now.
Average game. She becomes not only a dangerous hero in one-on-one battles, but also a good character for pushing buildings. At this stage, you should hunt for the enemy tank, as Gwen can deal with him quickly enough.
late game. In the late game, Gwen has no problem fighting alone. However, you should be wary of control from opponents, as you can quickly die. Most often, at this stage, the character is engaged in split-pushing (quick destruction of enemy towers). This forces the enemies to split up, which gives the allies an advantage in battles.
It will take some time to master everything that Gwen is capable of. But once you fully understand the play style and capabilities of the hero, you will become a truly dangerous champion. You can ask additional questions in the comments. Good luck in your matches!
