Yasuo vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Yasuo
based on 5,461 Yasuo vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Gwen
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Yasuo in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some significant Yasuo versus Gwen matchup statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gwen’s ratio of NaN, showing that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gwen..
Yasuo often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Gwen. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yasuo and Gwen
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Gwen?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yasuo usually wins when facing off against Gwen, with a 55.2% win rate. As a result, Yasuo makes a fantastic counter to Gwen.
While Yasuo does have a much higher win rate than Gwen, when they face off with one another, Yasuo also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Yasuo into Gwenas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Yasuo has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gwen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Gwen matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Yasuo is a great counter for Gwen. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yasuo against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo 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 lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo usually gets a similar amount of CS compared to Gwen. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Yasuo versus Gwen build consist of Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Gwen than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Yasuo boasted an average winrate of 55.2% when countering Gwen with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Gwen as Yasuo, Yasuo players should take 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 sets players chose for Yasuo vs Gwen face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 55.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Gwen as Yasuo are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.