Gwen vs Vi
How to Beat Vi as Gwen
based on 2,240 Gwen vs Vi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Vi Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vi as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Vi
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 Vi
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
Gwen vs Vi Counter Stats
How to Counter Vi with Gwen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some vital Gwen against Vi matchup statistics that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vi’s ratio of NaN, showing that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Vi..
Gwen typically has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Vi. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gwen and Vi
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Who is Better, Gwen or Vi?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gwen usually loses when playing against Vi, with a 47.0% win rate. Thus, Gwen makes a bad counter for Vi.
While Gwen does have a lower winrate compared to Vi, when facing one another, Gwen also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult character to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Gwen into Vi.
Furthermore, Gwen also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Vi matchups, Vi is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Gwen is a terribly counter for Vi. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gwen against Vi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gwen in order to counter Vi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind 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 often accumulates much more CS as Vi. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Gwen versus Vi build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Cosmic Drive, and Riftmaker. When Gwen used at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better against Vi than with most other common builds. In fact, Gwen boasted an average win rate of 47.0% battling Vi with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Vi as Gwen, you should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Gwen vs Vi LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Vi as Gwen are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.