Lissandra vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Lissandra
based on 961 Lissandra vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Gwen
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
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.
Lissandra vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Lissandra in LoL
The stats provided here show several important Lissandra versus Gwen counter statistics that may help us explain the differences between these two champs. For instance, Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gwen’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Gwen. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Lissandra usually has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Gwen. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lissandra and Gwen
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Gwen?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lissandra usually fairs equally well when taking on Gwen, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Lissandra makes an ok counter for Gwen.
While Lissandra does have a lower win rate than Gwen, when facing one another, Lissandra also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Lissandra into Gwen.
Furthermore, Lissandra also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gwen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lissandra vs Gwen matchups, Gwen 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.
Lissandra is a somewhat poor counter for Gwen. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lissandra against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lissandra to counter Gwen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to 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.
Lissandra typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Gwen. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Lissandra versus Gwen build include Malignance, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Lissandra combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better versus Gwen than with most other typical builds. In fact, Lissandra had an average winrate of 49.6% when playing against Gwen with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Gwen as Lissandra, Lissandra players should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Lissandra vs Gwen battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.6% winrate overall.
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