Gwen vs Taliyah
How to Beat Taliyah as Gwen
based on 925 Gwen vs Taliyah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Taliyah Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Taliyah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Taliyah
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 Taliyah
When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.
Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!
Gwen vs Taliyah Counter Stats
How to Counter Taliyah with Gwen in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some vital Gwen vs. Taliyah matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Taliyah’s ratio of NaN, showing that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Taliyah..
Gwen often has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. On average, she takes more damage than Taliyah. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gwen and Taliyah
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Who is Better, Gwen or Taliyah?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gwen usually fairs equally well when taking on Taliyah, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Gwen makes an ok counter to Taliyah.
While Gwen does have a lower winrate compared to Taliyah, when they face off with one another, Gwen also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Gwen into Taliyah.
Moreover, Gwen also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taliyah. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Taliyah matchups, Taliyah is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Gwen is a somewhat poor counter for Taliyah. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Gwen against Taliyah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gwen to counter Taliyah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Taliyah. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Gwen versus Taliyah build include Nashor's Tooth, Riftmaker, and Shadowflame. When Gwen combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better countering Taliyah than with many other common item sets. In fact, Gwen boasted an average winrate of 49.6% when countering Taliyah with this counter build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Taliyah 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. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Gwen vs Taliyah fights, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.6% winrate overall.
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