Warwick vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Warwick
based on 3,705 Warwick vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Warwick vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Warwick vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Warwick
Tips for Playing as Warwick against Gwen
Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.
Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.
Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.
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.
Warwick vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Warwick in LoL
The stats shown here feature several vital Warwick vs. Gwen counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between these two champs. Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gwen’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Gwen..
Warwick typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Gwen. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Warwick or Gwen?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Warwick usually wins when taking on Gwen, with a 54.7% win rate. Therefore, Warwick makes a great counter to Gwen.
While Warwick does have a much higher win rate compared to Gwen, when facing one another, Warwick also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Warwick into Gwen.
Moreover, Warwick 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 lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Warwick vs Gwen matchups, Warwick is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Warwick is a great counter for Gwen. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Warwick against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Warwick to counter Gwen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Warwick most often gets less CS relative to Gwen. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Warwick versus Gwen build consist of Experimental Hexplate, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Warwick incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Gwen than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Warwick had an average win rate of 54.7% battling Gwen with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Gwen as Warwick, Warwick players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Warwick vs Gwen counter picks, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 54.7% winrate overall.
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