Elise vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Elise
based on 566 Elise vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Elise vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Elise vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Elise
Tips for Playing as Elise against Gwen
Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.
Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.
When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.
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.
Elise vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Elise in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several strategic Elise versus Gwen matchup stats that may help you understand the distinctions between the pair. Elise’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gwen’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Elise may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Gwen..
Elise normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Gwen. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Elise and Gwen
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Who is Better, Elise or Gwen?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Elise usually wins when facing off against Gwen, with a 51.1% win rate. As a result, Elise makes a good counter for Gwen.
While Elise does have a higher winrate compared to Gwen, when facing one another, Elise also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Elise into Gwenas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Elise has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gwen. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Elise vs Gwen matchups, Elise is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Elise is a decent counter for Gwen. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Elise against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Elise 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Elise often picks up a lot less CS compared to Gwen. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Elise versus Gwen build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Elise combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Gwen than with many other common builds. In fact, Elise boasted an average win rate of 51.1% battling Gwen with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Gwen as Elise, you should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Elise vs Gwen counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Gwen as Elise are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.