Gwen with Leona
How to Synergize Gwen and Leona
based on 3,102 Gwen with Leona pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gwen Leona Synergy Summary
Best Gwen vs Leona Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gwen and Leona
Tips for Playing as Gwen with Leona
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 Understand How Leona Will Play
Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.
Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.
You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.
Gwen Leona Synergy Stats
How to Play with Leona as Gwen in LoL
The Gwen Leona synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Leona, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Gwen sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Leona. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Leona helps Gwen perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gwen plays on the same team as Leona, she gets a little decrease in her total damage output. This change may indicate that Leona does not help cover for her to deal more damage or that her participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Gwen is played alongside Leona on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Leona. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Leona.
Moreover, when Gwen plays with Leona on the same side, she often takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Leona does a decent job of protecting Gwen in team fights.
Synergies between Gwen and Leona
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Is Gwen better when played alongside Leona?
There is no one best ally for Gwen that will no matter what be her top ally. Yet, Leona is a decent companion for Gwen. By being on the same side as Gwen, she improves their win rate by 2.7% to 50.8%. This shows that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Gwen and Leona that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Leona has a lower difficulty than Gwen. That means Gwen players don't need to be cautious when finding Leona teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Fighting alongside, Gwen players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to buff allies and debuff enemies. When paired, these champions will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Conversely, by aligning Gwen and Leona together, you will not be giving your side very much magic damage. Plan to bring other champs on your team that offsets this relative gap in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Leona ally, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Gwen in order to synergize with Leona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to include in your Gwen and Leona synergy build include Lich Bane, Nashor's Tooth, and Riftmaker. When Gwen included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when fighting alongside Leona than with most other typical builds. In fact, Gwen had an average win rate of 50.8% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Leona with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating your oponents, Gwen players should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Gwen and Leona pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Leona with Gwen are presented for all skill levels, merged. To scope the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.