Blitzcrank vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Blitzcrank
based on 3,052 Blitzcrank vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Gwen
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
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.
Blitzcrank vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some critical Blitzcrank versus Gwen matchup stats that may help us interpret the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gwen’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gwen. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Blitzcrank normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Gwen. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Gwen
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Gwen?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Blitzcrank usually wins when taking on Gwen, with a 54.1% win rate. Therefore, Blitzcrank makes a great counter to Gwen.
While Blitzcrank does have a much higher win rate than Gwen, when they face off with one another, Blitzcrank also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Blitzcrank into Gwen.
Additionally, Blitzcrank has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gwen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Gwen matchups, Blitzcrank 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.
Blitzcrank is a great counter for Gwen. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Blitzcrank against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Blitzcrank in order to counter Gwen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank often gets a lot less CS relative to Gwen. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Blitzcrank versus Gwen build include Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Blitzcrank included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Gwen than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Blitzcrank boasted an average win rate of 54.1% when playing against Gwen with this counter build.
To have the best chance of beating Gwen as Blitzcrank, Blitzcrank players should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Blitzcrank vs Gwen matchups, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 54.1% winrate overall.
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