Orianna vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Orianna
based on 1,064 Orianna vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Orianna vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Orianna vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Orianna
Tips for Playing as Orianna against Gwen
Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
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.
Orianna vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Orianna in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several influential Orianna vs. Gwen counter statistics that may help us realize the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gwen’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Gwen. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Orianna often has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Typically, she takes less damage than Gwen. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Orianna and Gwen
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Who is Better, Orianna or Gwen?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Orianna usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Gwen, with a 49.2% win rate. As a result, Orianna makes an ok counter for Gwen.
While Orianna does have a lower win rate than Gwen, when on opposite teams, Orianna also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Orianna into Gwenas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Orianna also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gwen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Orianna 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 allied champions during teamfights.
Orianna is a somewhat poor counter for Gwen. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Orianna against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Orianna 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Orianna usually gets a similar amount of CS relative to Gwen. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Orianna versus Gwen build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when fighting Gwen than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Orianna boasted an average winrate of 49.2% when playing against Gwen with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Gwen as Orianna, Orianna players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Orianna vs Gwen counters, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.2% winrate overall.
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