Taliyah vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Taliyah
based on 925 Taliyah vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taliyah vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Taliyah vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Taliyah
Tips for Playing as Taliyah against Gwen
Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.
Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.
Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.
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.
Taliyah vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Taliyah in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some strategic Taliyah vs. Gwen counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champs. For instance, Taliyah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gwen’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Taliyah may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Gwen. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Taliyah often has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. On average, she takes less damage than Gwen. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Taliyah and Gwen
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Who is Better, Taliyah or Gwen?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Taliyah usually fairs equally well when playing against Gwen, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Taliyah makes an ok counter for Gwen.
While Taliyah does have a higher win rate compared to Gwen, when facing one another, Taliyah also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Taliyah into Gwen.
Moreover, Taliyah also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gwen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Taliyah vs Gwen 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.
Taliyah is a decent counter for Gwen. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Taliyah against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Taliyah in order to counter Gwen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taliyah often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Gwen. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Taliyah versus Gwen build include Seraph's Embrace, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Taliyah combined at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Gwen than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Taliyah boasted an average win rate of 50.4% when countering Gwen with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Gwen as Taliyah, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Taliyah vs Gwen matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.4% win rate overall.
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