Evelynn vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Evelynn
based on 2,128 Evelynn vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Evelynn vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Evelynn vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Evelynn
Tips for Playing as Evelynn against Gwen
If at low health, you can take advantage of Demon Shade's healing and Camouflage to return to the fight and surprise opponents.
While stealthed, pay attention to when you are (near) being detected by enemy champions. This is identified by the glowing yellow and red eyes over nearby enemy champions.
Allure's arm time might seem long, but the Charm and magic resist shred put Evelynn at an exteme advantage so are worth the wait.
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.
Evelynn vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Evelynn in LoL
The stats shown here feature several critical Evelynn vs. Gwen matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Evelynn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gwen’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Evelynn may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Gwen. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Evelynn typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Gwen. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Evelynn and Gwen
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Who is Better, Evelynn or Gwen?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Evelynn usually wins when taking on Gwen, with a 52.6% win rate. Therefore, Evelynn makes a good counter for Gwen.
While Evelynn does have a higher win rate than Gwen, when on opposite teams, Evelynn also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Evelynn into Gwenas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Evelynn has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gwen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Evelynn vs Gwen matchups, Evelynn is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Evelynn is an above average counter for Gwen. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Evelynn against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Evelynn in order to counter Gwen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Evelynn often accumulates a lot less CS relative to Gwen. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Evelynn versus Gwen build include Lich Bane, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Evelynn included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better versus Gwen than with most other common builds. In fact, Evelynn boasted an average win rate of 52.6% battling Gwen with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Gwen as Evelynn, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Evelynn vs Gwen counters, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.6% win rate overall.
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