Ashe vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Ashe
based on 5,384 Ashe vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ashe vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Ashe vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Ashe
Tips for Playing as Ashe against Gwen
Hawkshot reveals units in brush. If a team fight is occuring in the jungle it can give you a significant advantage.
Volley arrows are blocked by the first enemy they hit, so keep your distance to avoid having them all absorbed by enemy frontliners.
Try to fire Enchanted Crystal Arrow in the same direction enemies are moving, so it is more likely to hit.
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.
Ashe vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Ashe in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some significant Ashe vs. Gwen counter statistics that can help us realize the differences between the two. As an example, Ashe’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gwen’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Ashe may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Gwen. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Ashe normally has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Typically, she receives less damage than Gwen. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ashe and Gwen
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Who is Better, Ashe or Gwen?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ashe usually fairs equally well when facing off against Gwen, with a 50.6% win rate. Thus, Ashe makes an ok counter to Gwen.
While Ashe does have a higher winrate compared to Gwen, when facing one another, Ashe also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ashe into Gwen.
Furthermore, Ashe also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gwen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ashe vs Gwen matchups, Ashe is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Ashe is a decent counter to Gwen. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Ashe against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ashe to counter Gwen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ashe most often gets a similar amount of CS as Gwen. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Ashe versus Gwen build include Trinity Force, Wit's End, and Terminus. When Ashe combined at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Gwen than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Ashe had an average win rate of 50.6% battling Gwen with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Gwen as Ashe, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Ashe vs Gwen counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.6% win rate overall.
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