Gwen vs Ivern
How to Beat Ivern as Gwen
based on 876 Gwen vs Ivern matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Ivern Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Ivern Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ivern as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Ivern
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 Ivern
Be careful when fighting Ivern alone if he has Daisy ready to help!
Ivern's brush has a long duration. Watch out for ambushes!
Ivern can be deceptively slippery. Be careful chasing him too far.
Gwen vs Ivern Counter Stats
How to Counter Ivern with Gwen in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several influential Gwen versus Ivern counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between the pair. As an example, Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ivern’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Ivern. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Gwen normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Ivern. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gwen and Ivern
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Who is Better, Gwen or Ivern?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gwen usually fairs equally well when facing off against Ivern, with a 49.4% win rate. Therefore, Gwen makes an ok counter to Ivern.
While Gwen does have a lower win rate than Ivern, when on opposite teams, Gwen also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Gwen into Ivern.
Furthermore, Gwen has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ivern. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Ivern matchups, Ivern is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Gwen is a somewhat poor counter for Ivern. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Gwen against Ivern.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gwen to counter Ivern during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen usually racks up much more CS compared to Ivern. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have 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 large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Gwen versus Ivern build consist of Nashor's Tooth, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Riftmaker. When Gwen used at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Ivern than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Gwen boasted an average winrate of 49.4% battling Ivern with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Ivern as Gwen, you should equip 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 combinations we have analyed for Gwen vs Ivern counters, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.4% win rate overall.
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