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How to Win Gwen vs Garen Counter MatchupGwen is in the b tier of champions

Gwen vs Garen

How to Beat Garen as Gwen in LoLGwen is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Garen as Gwen

based on 2,734 Gwen vs Garen matchups
Win Rate
47.1 %
K/D/A
1.64
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds that we analyze each and every week. This guide on how to beat Garen as Gwen came out of an examination of 2734 ranked matches where both champions fought each other. This particular champ pairing is somewhat rare. Gwen has to counter Garen in only 3.4% of her matches.

Gwen vs Garen Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Gwen has done a dismal job of countering Garen. Typically, she wins a lowly 47.1% of matches the champs fight one another in. In Gwen against Garen rounds, Gwen’s team is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood, implying that she probably won't be able to get first blood versus Garen.

Best Gwen vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeHaunting Guise

Core Gwen Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapZhonya's HourglassRiftmaker

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveShadowflameNashor's ToothLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerteleport summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Gwen to level upq
>
Second ability for Gwen to level upe
>
Last skill for Gwen to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Gwen's passive ability p
Gwen's q ability q
Gwen's w ability w
Gwen's e ability e
Gwen's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
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R
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E
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E
14
W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Garen as Gwen

Tips for Playing as Gwen against Garen

Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.

Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.

Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.

Advice to Win Against Garen

Be careful about attacking Garen in brush. It often will lead to taking full damage from Judgment.

Stack armor items to lower the large amount of physical damage that Garen deals out.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. If getting out of its radius isn't possible, move through allied minions to reduce damage taken.

Try to run away from Garen as your health gets lower, as he can execute you quickly with Demacian Justice.

Gwen vs Garen Counter Stats

Gwen Image
Win Rate
47.1 %
VS
Win Rate
52.9 %
Garen Image
5.6
< Kills >
6.4
6.1
< Deaths >
4.9
4.4
< Assists >
3.9
1.29
< Killing Sprees >
1.49
162
< Minions Killed >
177
0.27
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.64
3,016
< Physical Damage >
14,471
14,718
< Magic Damage >
184
3,741
< True Damage >
4,727
21,476
< Damage Dealt >
19,383
29,373
< Damage Taken >
30,905
11,854
< Gold Earned >
12,211
2.55
< Towers >
2.87
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
7,303
< Total Healing >
3,131
14,770
< Experience >
15,309
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
144
< Time Dealing CC >
137

How to Counter Garen with Gwen in LoL

The stats provided here highlight several critical Gwen vs. Garen counter stats that may help us realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Garen’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Garen..

Gwen typically has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Garen. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Gwen and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Gwen
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Gwen
Garen

Who is Better, Gwen or Garen?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gwen usually loses when facing off against Garen, with a 47.1% win rate. Thus, Gwen makes a poor counter to Garen.

While Gwen does have a lower win rate than Garen, when on opposite teams, Gwen also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Gwen into Garen.

Furthermore, Gwen also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Garen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Garen matchups, Garen is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Gwen is a trash counter to Garen. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Gwen against Garen.

Additional Information for Gwen Players

How We Calculated Our Gwen vs Garen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Garen as Gwen, we analyzed 2,734 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Garen as Gwen comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Gwen to counter Garen 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Gwen usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Garen. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Gwen versus Garen build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Riftmaker. When Gwen incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better against Garen than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gwen boasted an average winrate of 47.1% when countering Garen with these items in her kit.

To have the best likelihood of defeating Garen as Gwen, Gwen players should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Gwen vs Garen counter picks, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.1% win rate overall.

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