Viego vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Viego
based on 3,097 Viego vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viego vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Viego vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Viego
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.
Viego vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Viego in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several important Viego vs. Gwen matchup statistics that can help us understand the distinctions between the two. As an example, Viego’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gwen’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Viego may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Gwen..
Viego normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their counter does. Typically, they receives a similar amount of damage to Gwen. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Viego and Gwen
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Who is Better, Viego or Gwen?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Viego usually wins when taking on Gwen, with a 53.9% win rate. Thus, Viego makes a great counter for Gwen.
While Viego does have a higher winrate than Gwen, when on opposite teams, Viego also has a greater learning curve that makes them a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Viego into Gwen.
Furthermore, Viego also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gwen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Viego vs Gwen matchups, Viego is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Viego is a great counter for Gwen. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Viego against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Viego to counter Gwen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viego on average racks up a lot less CS compared to Gwen. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Viego versus Gwen build include Death's Dance, Sundered Sky, and Kraken Slayer. When Viego incorporated at least these three items in their build, they performed much better when fighting Gwen than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Viego boasted an average winrate of 53.9% battling Gwen with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Gwen as Viego, Viego players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Viego vs Gwen face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Gwen as Viego are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.