Jayce vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Jayce
based on 1,008 Jayce vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jayce vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Jayce vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Jayce
Tips for Playing as Jayce against Gwen
For increased range and damage, try casting Shock Blast through the Acceleration Gate.
If you find yourself taking lots of damage, try using Jayce's Hammer Stance, as it grants you additional defenses.
Be sure to switch stances often. It will enhance your attacks and grant you quick bursts of speed.
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.
Jayce vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Jayce in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several critical Jayce versus Gwen matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Jayce’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gwen’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Jayce may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gwen..
Jayce typically has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Gwen. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jayce and Gwen
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Who is Better, Jayce or Gwen?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Jayce usually loses when playing against Gwen, with a 48.7% win rate. Thus, Jayce makes a poor counter to Gwen.
While Jayce does have a lower winrate compared to Gwen, when they face off with one another, Jayce also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Jayce into Gwenas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Jayce also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gwen. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Jayce vs Gwen matchups, Gwen is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Jayce is a somewhat poor counter for Gwen. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Jayce against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Jayce to counter Gwen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jayce usually gets a similar amount of CS relative to Gwen. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Jayce versus Gwen build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Serylda's Grudge. When Jayce included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Gwen than with many other common item sets. In fact, Jayce boasted an average win rate of 48.7% battling Gwen with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of annihilating Gwen as Jayce, you should take the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Gathering Storm, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Jayce vs Gwen clashes, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.7% winrate overall.
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