Gwen vs Evelynn
How to Beat Evelynn as Gwen
based on 2,128 Gwen vs Evelynn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Evelynn Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Evelynn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Evelynn as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Evelynn
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
Advice to Win Against Evelynn
Purchasing Vision Wards can help you detect Evelynn's location in order to prepare for her ambushes.
A large share of Evelynn's threat is in her charm, 'Allure.' Protect allies marked with 'Allure' or, if you are marked, make sure allies are between you and where Evelynn may attack from.
If you suspect Evelynn is about to ambush one of your teammates, let them know by pinging the minimap and typing in chat.
Gwen vs Evelynn Counter Stats
How to Counter Evelynn with Gwen in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several strategic Gwen versus Evelynn matchup stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Evelynn’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Evelynn..
Gwen often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Evelynn. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gwen and Evelynn
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Who is Better, Gwen or Evelynn?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gwen usually loses when facing off against Evelynn, with a 47.4% win rate. As a result, Gwen makes a bad counter to Evelynn.
While Gwen does have a lower winrate compared to Evelynn, when facing one another, Gwen also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Gwen into Evelynn.
Furthermore, Gwen has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Evelynn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Evelynn matchups, Evelynn is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Gwen is a trash counter to Evelynn. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Gwen against Evelynn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gwen in order to counter Evelynn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen most often gets much more CS as Evelynn. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Gwen versus Evelynn build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Cosmic Drive. When Gwen used at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Evelynn than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Gwen boasted an average winrate of 47.4% when countering Evelynn with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Evelynn as Gwen, Gwen players should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Gwen vs Evelynn matchups, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.4% winrate overall.
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