Aatrox vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Aatrox
based on 4,132 Aatrox vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aatrox vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Aatrox vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Aatrox
Tips for Playing as Aatrox against Gwen
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
Advice to Win Against Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Aatrox vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Aatrox in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several critical Aatrox against Gwen matchup stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. Aatrox’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gwen’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Aatrox may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gwen..
Aatrox often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Gwen. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aatrox and Gwen
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Who is Better, Aatrox or Gwen?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aatrox usually fairs equally well when facing off against Gwen, with a 50.3% win rate. Thus, Aatrox makes an ok counter to Gwen.
While Aatrox does have a higher winrate than Gwen, when facing one another, Aatrox also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Aatrox into Gwen.
Furthermore, Aatrox also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gwen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aatrox vs Gwen matchups, Aatrox is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Aatrox is a decent counter to Gwen. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Aatrox against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Aatrox in order to counter Gwen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aatrox most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Gwen. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Aatrox versus Gwen build consist of Spear of Shojin, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Aatrox included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Gwen than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Aatrox had an average win rate of 50.3% when countering Gwen with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Gwen as Aatrox, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Aatrox vs Gwen matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.3% winrate overall.
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