Gwen vs Qiyana
How to Beat Qiyana as Gwen
based on 962 Gwen vs Qiyana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Qiyana Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Qiyana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Qiyana as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Qiyana
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.
Gwen vs Qiyana Counter Stats
How to Counter Qiyana with Gwen in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some significant Gwen versus Qiyana counter statistics that can help you figure out the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Qiyana’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Qiyana..
Gwen often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Typically, she takes more damage than Qiyana. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gwen and Qiyana
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Who is Better, Gwen or Qiyana?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gwen usually loses when taking on Qiyana, with a 48.2% win rate. Thus, Gwen makes a poor counter to Qiyana.
While Gwen does have a lower win rate than Qiyana, when on opposite teams, Gwen also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Gwen into Qiyana.
Moreover, Gwen has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Qiyana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Qiyana matchups, Qiyana is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Gwen is a somewhat poor counter to Qiyana. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Gwen against Qiyana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gwen to counter Qiyana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Qiyana. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot 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 top items to focus on in your Gwen versus Qiyana build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Riftmaker. When Gwen incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Qiyana than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Gwen had an average win rate of 48.2% battling Qiyana with this build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Qiyana as Gwen, Gwen players should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Gwen vs Qiyana counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.2% win rate overall.
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