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

Gwen vs Leona

How to Beat Leona as Gwen in LoLGwen is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Leona as Gwen

based on 2,892 Gwen vs Leona matchups
Win Rate
45 %
K/D/A
1.76
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup stats from the millions of ranked LoL games that we evaluate each week. Our guide on how to beat Leona as Gwen came out of an evaluation of 2892 ranked rounds where both champions faced one another. This champion pairing is fairly rare. Gwen fights Leona in only 3.6% of her rounds.

Gwen vs Leona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Gwen has done a terrible job of beating Leona. Typically, she wins a lowly 45.0% of the time the champs clash against each other in. In Gwen vs Leona matches, Gwen’s side is 0.1% less expected to gain first blood, implying that she most likely won't get first blood against Leona.

Best Gwen vs Leona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHaunting Guise

Core Gwen Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapNashor's ToothCosmic Drive

Optional Items

Liandry's TormentShadowflameZhonya's HourglassLich Bane

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonerteleport 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 ForceHealth Scaling
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
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Leona as Gwen

Tips for Playing as Gwen against Leona

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 Leona

When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.

Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.

Gwen vs Leona Counter Stats

Gwen Image
Win Rate
45 %
VS
Win Rate
55 %
Leona Image
6.1
< Kills >
2.1
6.3
< Deaths >
5.8
5
< Assists >
13.9
1.41
< Killing Sprees >
0.39
157
< Minions Killed >
32
0.26
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.48
2,905
< Physical Damage >
2,823
15,193
< Magic Damage >
6,702
3,996
< True Damage >
951
22,095
< Damage Dealt >
10,476
30,078
< Damage Taken >
22,428
11,973
< Gold Earned >
8,585
2.58
< Towers >
1.67
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
7,580
< Total Healing >
2,741
14,668
< Experience >
10,558
17
< Vision Score >
55
8
< Wards Placed >
23
145
< Time Dealing CC >
224

How to Counter Leona with Gwen in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several vital Gwen versus Leona counter statistics that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Leona’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Leona. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.

Gwen often has a much larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives more damage than Leona. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Gwen and Leona

Damage Types Compared

Gwen
Leona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Gwen
Leona

Who is Better, Gwen or Leona?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gwen usually loses when taking on Leona, with a 45.0% win rate. Thus, Gwen makes a bad counter to Leona.

While Gwen does have a much lower winrate compared to Leona, when they face off with one another, Gwen also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Gwen into Leona.

Moreover, Gwen also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Leona. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

Gwen is a garbage counter to Leona. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Gwen against Leona.

Other Champion Matchups Against Gwen

Gwen Loses Against

SingedSinged40.6% winrateLilliaLillia44% winrateBel'VethBel'Veth44.2% winrateFizzFizz44.2% winrate

Gwen Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.2% winrateNidaleeNidalee53.1% winrateKarthusKarthus52.9% winrateOlafOlaf52.8% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Gwen Players

How We Calculated Our Gwen vs Leona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Leona as Gwen, we analyzed 2,892 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 Leona 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.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Gwen in order to counter Leona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Gwen typically accumulates much more CS as Leona. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They 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, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your Gwen versus Leona build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Cosmic Drive. When Gwen bought at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when facing Leona than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Gwen boasted an average winrate of 45.0% when countering Leona with this build.

To have the best chance of annihilating Leona as Gwen, you 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 builds players chose for Gwen vs Leona LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 45.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Leona as Gwen are given for all skill levels, merged. To scope the stats and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.