Gwen
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions- Pick
- 6.0%picked in 1,715 of 28,605 games
- Ban
- 6.9%1,620 bans over 23,328 games, against 2.5% in soloQ
Amateur: 28,642 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 894,455 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.
At a glance
Four answers, each one opens its chapter.- What changes in tournaments2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.Draft
- How to play itFirst Strike, then Dusk and Dawn, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.
- In a compTakes its kills in duels first: more duels than 79% of mid laners.Duelist
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.
What changes in tournaments?
2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.
- DraftPicked less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 0.1%
- SoloQ
- 0.2%
- DraftBanned more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 7.0%
- SoloQ
- 2.5%
How to play it?
First Strike, then Dusk and Dawn, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesFirst Strike52% · 2,444
SpellsFlash + Teleport30% · 1,411
SkillsQnot collected in soloQ- Dusk and Dawn
- Shadowflame
- Rabadon's Deathcap
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Takes its kills in duels first: more duels than 79% of mid laners.
- Takes its kills in duelstop21%28% · mid laners: 23%
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners
What marks it
- Duelist
Like other mid laners
- Gold at 15 min
- Absorbs damage
- Plays teamfights
- Team damage
What it is not
- Little map pressure
- Little CC
- No poke
- No split-push
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Not measured: the fact is not validated by the draft review.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, ahead of 82% of mid laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among mid laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Gold at 15 min · rank 57 of 100 among mid laners+85 · median +25
- Gold at 20 min · rank 82 of 100 among mid laners+463 · median +71
- Map pressure · rank 13 of 100 among mid laners2.3 · median 3.2
- Absorbs damage · rank 64 of 100 among mid laners588 · median 489
- Plays teamfights · rank 35 of 100 among mid laners53% · median 55%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 79 of 100 among mid laners28% · median 23%
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 13 of 100 among mid laners0.2 · median 0.7
- Team damage · rank 33 of 100 among mid laners18% · median 21%
With whom, against whom?
No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
Best results
Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.
Against
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
Matchups and allies
One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.
Ban it or pick it?
Fallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.
Pick rate as Mid
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+0.2%4,191 picks of 1,788,900ban 2.5% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments0.1%32 picks of 38,304ban 7.0% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.0%0 picks of 2,214bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
12.1% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as Mid- 0.1%G110 games of 7,218
- 0.2%G215 games of 7,224
- 0.2%G3+7 games of 2,878
Not enough series yet: published from 30.