Gwen vs Tristana
How to Beat Tristana as Gwen
based on 2,559 Gwen vs Tristana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Tristana Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Tristana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tristana as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Tristana
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 Tristana
Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.
If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.
Gwen vs Tristana Counter Stats
How to Counter Tristana with Gwen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several strategic Gwen versus Tristana counter stats that may help you realize the differences between these two champions. As an example, Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tristana’s ratio of NaN, showing that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Tristana..
Gwen often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Tristana. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gwen and Tristana
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Who is Better, Gwen or Tristana?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gwen usually fairs equally well when taking on Tristana, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Gwen makes an ok counter to Tristana.
While Gwen does have a lower win rate than Tristana, when they face off with one another, Gwen also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Gwen into Tristana.
Furthermore, Gwen has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tristana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Tristana matchups, Tristana is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Gwen is a somewhat poor counter for Tristana. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Gwen against Tristana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gwen in order to counter Tristana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Tristana. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Gwen versus Tristana build include Nashor's Tooth, Riftmaker, and Shadowflame. When Gwen combined at least these three items in her build, she did much better when fighting Tristana than with most other typical builds. In fact, Gwen boasted an average win rate of 49.8% when countering Tristana with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Tristana as Gwen, Gwen players should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Gwen vs Tristana matchups, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Tristana as Gwen are presented for every ranked division. To narrow the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.