# Gwen Counters Who counters Gwen? Best and worst picks against Gwen by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Gwen in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/gwen/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/gwen/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Gwen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gwen/) ## Page Content [Gwen guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gwen/) [Play against Gwen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gwen/how-to-play-against/) [Gwen counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gwen/counters/) Best and worst picks against Gwen in Top at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Naafiri, Kayle and Akali beat Gwen most often. Darius, Illaoi and Garen win the laning phase against Gwen by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Gwen Highest win rate versus Gwen in Top. - 1 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 363 games 57.3% - 2 [Kayle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayle/) 147 games 57.1% - 3 [Akali](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/) 184 games 57.1% - 4 [Gragas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gragas/) 130 games 56.9% - 5 [Tryndamere](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tryndamere/) 252 games 56.8% - 6 [Jax](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jax/) 388 games 56.7% - 7 [Cho'Gath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/chogath/) 212 games 55.7% - 8 [Yone](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yone/) 577 games 55.6% - 9 [Warwick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/warwick/) 153 games 55.6% - 10 [Ambessa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ambessa/) 183 games 55.2% - 11 [Garen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/garen/) 577 games 54.1% - 12 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 217 games 53.9% - 13 [Illaoi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/) 294 games 52.7% - 14 [Singed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/singed/) 177 games 52.5% - 15 [Fiora](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fiora/) 292 games 52.0% ## Worst picks against Gwen Lowest win rate versus Gwen in Top. - 1 [Tahm Kench](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/) 241 games 42.7% - 2 [Aatrox](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/) 261 games 45.2% - 3 [Trundle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/trundle/) 137 games 45.3% - 4 [Nasus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nasus/) 241 games 46.5% - 5 [Sylas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sylas/) 199 games 46.7% - 6 [Dr. Mundo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/drmundo/) 437 games 46.9% - 7 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 242 games 47.1% - 8 [Ryze](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ryze/) 208 games 47.1% - 9 [Shen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shen/) 360 games 47.2% - 10 [Kennen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kennen/) 107 games 47.7% - 11 [Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) 353 games 48.4% - 12 [K'Sante](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ksante/) 319 games 48.6% - 13 [Sion](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sion/) 491 games 48.7% - 14 [Gnar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gnar/) 152 games 48.7% - 15 [Volibear](https://baronbuff.com/champions/volibear/) 361 games 48.8% ## Best lane counters vs Gwen Largest gold lead over Gwen at 15 minutes in Top. - 1 [Darius](https://baronbuff.com/champions/darius/) 191 games +745 - 2 [Illaoi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/) 150 games +727 - 3 [Garen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/garen/) 313 games +626 - 4 [Sett](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sett/) 254 games +616 - 5 [Mordekaiser](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mordekaiser/) 274 games +611 - 6 [Volibear](https://baronbuff.com/champions/volibear/) 111 games +589 - 7 [Yone](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yone/) 166 games +539 - 8 [Tryndamere](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tryndamere/) 115 games +532 - 9 [Renekton](https://baronbuff.com/champions/renekton/) 127 games +367 - 10 [Sion](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sion/) 253 games +268 - 11 [Urgot](https://baronbuff.com/champions/urgot/) 102 games +220 - 12 [Aatrox](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/) 145 games +192 - 13 [Yorick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yorick/) 189 games +169 - 14 [Jax](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jax/) 171 games +112 ## How to play against Gwen Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Trade before she stacks Q and step out when W appears. Force short exchanges, then reset spacing before she can extend with E. - Pull fights away from her W zone and wait out its reposition. Protect your scaling carry instead of sending multiple members into her side-lane duel. - Split your formation so R and Q cannot cut through the whole team. Kite backward after W starts, then re-enter when she must fight without it. ## Where Gwen is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Gwen needs extended melee time to stack damage, so short trades and disengage deny her payoff. - Gwen's protection is tied to a fixed zone, leaving her weaker when fights are pulled outside it. ## Gwen counters: questions ### Who counters Gwen in Top? At Gold+, Naafiri (57.3%), Kayle (57.1%) and Akali (57.1%) have the highest win rates against Gwen. ### Who does Gwen counter? Gwen wins most often against Tahm Kench (42.7%), Aatrox (45.2%) and Trundle (45.3%). ### Who wins lane against Gwen? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Darius (+745), Illaoi (+727) and Garen (+626) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Gwen. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Top Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/top/) - [Darius counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/darius/counters/) - [Illaoi counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)