Rek'Sai vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Rek'Sai
based on 456 Rek'Sai vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Gwen Counter Build
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Core Rek'Sai Items
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Gwen
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some influential Rek'Sai vs. Gwen counter stats that may help us realize the differences between these two champions. For instance, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gwen’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Gwen..
Rek'Sai normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Gwen. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Gwen
Damage Types Compared
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Gwen?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rek'Sai usually loses when taking on Gwen, with a 48.9% win rate. Thus, Rek'Sai makes a poor counter for Gwen.
While Rek'Sai does have a lower winrate compared to Gwen, when on opposite teams, Rek'Sai also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to learn. You should be careful when picking Rek'Sai into Gwen.
Furthermore, Rek'Sai also has some amount of CC and other utility, 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 a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Gwen matchups, Gwen 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.
Rek'Sai is a somewhat poor counter to Gwen. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rek'Sai against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rek'Sai to counter Gwen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai often racks up a lot less CS relative to Gwen. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Rek'Sai versus Gwen build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Gwen than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Rek'Sai had an average winrate of 48.9% when countering Gwen with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Gwen as Rek'Sai, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Rek'Sai vs Gwen counters, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.9% win rate overall.
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