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The Hallowed Seamstress

Gwen Top build & stats

Fighter S 661 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
54.5%
Pick rate
2.5%
Ban rate
2.1%
Division
Master
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Built from single items

Best three items so far

Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
3,500 gold
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
3,200 gold
Dusk and Dawn
Dusk and Dawn
3,100 gold
9,800 gold
72.7% WR each item separately

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
900 gold
91.7% 12 games

Runes

Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
46.2% WR
13 games · 2% pick
Conqueror
Conqueror

Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Ghost Ignite
83.3% 12 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Not enough players have finished the same three items yet, so the core above is the three strongest items measured one by one. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Gwen

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Gwen wins 54.5% of games as Top on patch 16.18 (661 games).
  • Most common core: Dusk and Dawn → Rabadon's Deathcap → Shadowflame — 55% win rate over 53 games.
  • Take Conqueror as keystone: picked in 88% of games with a 55% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Teemo (86% over 14 games). Hardest: Zaahen (25% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Nashor's Tooth
Nashor's Tooth
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
Riftmaker
Riftmaker
71.4% WR
7 games · 1% pick
Dusk and Dawn
Dusk and Dawn
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
85.7% WR
7 games · 1% pick
Dusk and Dawn
Dusk and Dawn
Nashor's Tooth
Nashor's Tooth
Riftmaker
Riftmaker
33.3% WR
6 games · 1% pick

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
59.6% WR
52 games · 8% pick
Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
66.7% WR
30 games · 5% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
45.5% WR
22 games · 3% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
75.8% 5% (33)
73.8% 6% (42)
70.0% 2% (10)
68.0% 4% (25)
67.6% 10% (68)
58.5% 12% (82)
53.4% 9% (58)
50.0% 1% (8)
50.0% 1% (6)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
46.2% WR
13 games · 2% pick
Conqueror
Conqueror

Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
85.7% WR
7 games · 1% pick
Conqueror Presence of Mind Legend: Alacrity Last Stand Bone Plating Overgrowth
Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
100.0% WR
4 games · 1% pick
Conqueror Triumph Legend: Alacrity Last Stand Bone Plating Unflinching

Keystones

  • Conqueror Conqueror Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions. 59.7%18% pick
  • First Strike First Strike When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt. 75.0%1% pick
  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 75.0%1% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 69.6%7% pick
  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 52.9%5% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 41.7%2% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PA Thousand Cuts

    Gwen's attacks deal bonus magic damage based on the targets health. She heals for a portion of the damage dealt to champions by this effect.

  • QSnip Snip!

    Gwen snips her scissors in a cone up to 6 times dealing magic damage. Gwen deals true damage to units in the center and applies her passive to them on each snip.

  • WHallowed Mist

    Gwen summons mist that protects her from enemies outside of it. She can only be targeted by enemies who enter the mist.

  • ESkip 'n Slash

    Gwen dashes a short distance then gains Attack Speed, attack range, and magic damage On-Hit for a few seconds. If she hits an enemy during that time, this Ability's cooldown is partially refunded.

  • RNeedlework

    Gwen hurls a needle that slows enemies hit, deals magic damage, and applies A Thousand Cuts to champions hit. This ability can be cast up to two more times, with each cast throwing additional needles and dealing more dam...