Gwen vs Orianna
How to Beat Orianna as Gwen
based on 1,064 Gwen vs Orianna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Orianna Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Orianna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Orianna as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Orianna
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 Orianna
Orianna can only affect the area the Ball is around. Use this to your advantage.
Watch out for Orianna's Ball returning to her due to leashing. This may cause some unexpected situations.
Gwen vs Orianna Counter Stats
How to Counter Orianna with Gwen in LoL
The stats provided here feature several influential Gwen versus Orianna counter statistics that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Orianna’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Orianna..
Gwen typically has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. On average, she takes more damage than Orianna. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gwen and Orianna
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Who is Better, Gwen or Orianna?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gwen usually fairs equally well when playing against Orianna, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Gwen makes an ok counter to Orianna.
While Gwen does have a higher winrate compared to Orianna, when they face off with one another, Gwen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Gwen into Orianna.
Additionally, Gwen has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Orianna. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Orianna matchups, Gwen is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Gwen is a decent counter for Orianna. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gwen against Orianna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Gwen to counter Orianna during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Orianna. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Gwen versus Orianna build include Nashor's Tooth, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Riftmaker. When Gwen combined at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when facing Orianna than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Gwen boasted an average win rate of 50.8% when countering Orianna with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Orianna as Gwen, Gwen players 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 builds players used for Gwen vs Orianna clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.8% win rate overall.
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