Vayne vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Vayne
based on 4,013 Vayne vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vayne vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Vayne vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Vayne
Tips for Playing as Vayne against Gwen
Don't go in first to a large teamfight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.
Tumble has many uses, but it cannot pass over walls.
Condemn can be used to both pin targets to walls to ensure a kill, or to escape a pursuer.
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.
Vayne vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Vayne in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some strategic Vayne vs. Gwen counter stats that can help us explain the distinctions between the two. For instance, Vayne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gwen’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vayne may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Gwen..
Vayne often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives less damage than Gwen. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vayne and Gwen
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Who is Better, Vayne or Gwen?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vayne usually wins when playing against Gwen, with a 51.8% win rate. Therefore, Vayne makes a good counter for Gwen.
While Vayne does have a higher win rate compared to Gwen, when facing one another, Vayne also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vayne into Gwenas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vayne has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gwen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Vayne vs Gwen matchups, Vayne is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Vayne is a decent counter for Gwen. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vayne against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vayne in order to counter Gwen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vayne most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Gwen. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Vayne versus Gwen build include Stormrazor, Essence Reaver, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Vayne used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs Gwen than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Vayne boasted an average winrate of 51.8% battling Gwen with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Gwen as Vayne, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Vayne vs Gwen face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.8% win rate overall.
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