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How to Win Lee Sin vs Gwen Counter MatchupLee Sin is in the b tier of champions

Lee Sin vs Gwen

How to Beat Gwen as Lee Sin in LoLLee Sin is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Gwen as Lee Sin

based on 2,323 Lee Sin vs Gwen matchups
Win Rate
48.1 %
K/D/A
2.63
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League of Legends games each and every week. Within our data, Lee Sin battled Gwen in 2323 rounds. Using so many games with Lee Sin vs Gwen provides us faith in our ability to produce informative stats and a recommended build to counter your enemy. This particular counter matchup is relatively rare. Lee Sin fights Gwen in only 2.0% of his games.

Lee Sin vs Gwen Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Lee Sin has done a dismal job of countering Gwen. Normally, he wins a lowly 48.1% of the time the champs clash against one another in. In Lee Sin vs Gwen games, Lee Sin’s team is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood. This implies that he probably will get first blood versus Gwen.

Best Lee Sin vs Gwen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Lee Sin Items

~22 Mins
Spear of ShojinSundered SkyEclipse

Optional Items

Guardian AngelMaw of MalmortiusExperimental HexplateSterak's Gage

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Lee Sin to level upq
>
Second ability for Lee Sin to level upw
>
Last skill for Lee Sin to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Lee Sin's passive ability p
Lee Sin's q ability q
Lee Sin's w ability w
Lee Sin's e ability e
Lee Sin's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Lee Sin

Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Gwen

Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.

Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).

Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.

Advice to Win Against Gwen

Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.

Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.

Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.

Lee Sin vs Gwen Counter Stats

Lee Sin Image
Win Rate
48.1 %
VS
Win Rate
51.9 %
Gwen Image
7.2
< Kills >
5.9
5.9
< Deaths >
6
8.3
< Assists >
4.8
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.37
35
< Minions Killed >
162
1.49
< Dragons Killed >
0.29
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.62
13,616
< Physical Damage >
3,050
2,801
< Magic Damage >
15,655
957
< True Damage >
3,813
17,375
< Damage Dealt >
22,519
35,324
< Damage Taken >
30,042
11,779
< Gold Earned >
12,144
1.44
< Towers >
2.78
0.34
< Baron Takedowns >
0.08
16,936
< Total Healing >
8,027
13,206
< Experience >
14,916
25
< Vision Score >
18
11
< Wards Placed >
8
437
< Time Dealing CC >
155

How to Counter Gwen with Lee Sin in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some valuable Lee Sin against Gwen matchup stats that can help you understand the differences between these two champions. Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gwen’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gwen..

Lee Sin often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Gwen. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; 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 Lee Sin and Gwen

Damage Types Compared

Lee Sin
Gwen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Lee Sin
Gwen

Who is Better, Lee Sin or Gwen?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when facing off against Gwen, with a 48.1% win rate. Therefore, Lee Sin makes a poor counter to Gwen.

While Lee Sin does have a lower win rate compared to Gwen, when they face off with one another, Lee Sin also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Lee Sin into Gwen.

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

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Gwen matchups, Gwen is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Lee Sin is a somewhat poor counter to Gwen. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Lee Sin against Gwen.

Additional Information for Lee Sin Players

How We Calculated Our Lee Sin vs Gwen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gwen as Lee Sin, we analyzed 2,323 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 Gwen as Lee Sin 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Lee Sin to counter Gwen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Lee Sin usually gets a lot less CS relative to Gwen. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Lee Sin versus Gwen build include Spear of Shojin, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Lee Sin bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Gwen than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Lee Sin had an average winrate of 48.1% when countering Gwen with this build.

To have the highest probability of annihilating Gwen as Lee Sin, Lee Sin players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Lee Sin vs Gwen matchups, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.1% win rate overall.

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