Xayah vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Xayah
based on 1,256 Xayah vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Gwen
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Xayah in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several valuable Xayah versus Gwen matchup stats that can help us grasp the differences between the two. As an example, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gwen’s ratio of NaN, showing that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Gwen..
Xayah usually has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Gwen. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xayah and Gwen
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Who is Better, Xayah or Gwen?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xayah usually loses when playing against Gwen, with a 48.2% win rate. Thus, Xayah makes a poor counter to Gwen.
While Xayah does have a lower winrate than Gwen, when facing one another, Xayah also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Xayah into Gwen.
Moreover, Xayah has almost no amount of utility and CC, 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 Xayah vs Gwen matchups, Gwen is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Xayah is a somewhat poor counter to Gwen. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Xayah against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xayah in order 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Gwen. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Xayah versus Gwen build consist of Phantom Dancer, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better versus Gwen than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Xayah boasted an average win rate of 48.2% battling Gwen with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Gwen as Xayah, Xayah players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Xayah vs Gwen face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.2% winrate overall.
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