AP duelist build for prolonged cutting: Gwen does not win on a single burst, but when she keeps contact long enough for her snips, mist, and melee scaling to become impossible to hold. The build must therefore fund access and durability as much as damage.
Three builds, one right answer per draft. The advisor reads the five enemies (and your allies) and names who triggers what — the same rule as the Draft MVP sheet and Ask Nexus.
Best Gwen build (Baron Lane): Riftmaker › Rabadon's Deathcap › Nashor's Tooth › Liandry's Torment › Blackfire Torch, boots Plated Steelcaps, keystone Conqueror. Three variants and when to pick each are below.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,100 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Magic penetration build targeting enemy resistances. Pick this if the enemy stacks magic resist.
15,000 total cost -100gDefensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
15,500 total cost +400g
Scores out of 10: where this champion sits against the whole roster, phase by phase. The strip shows its own power ramp level by level — it does not compare across champions.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Jax
Zhonya's Hourglass
Physical damage
Fiora
Morellonomicon
Recurring healing
Yasuo
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Highly mobile
Olaf
Zhonya's Hourglass
Physical damage
Best Gwen build (Jungle): Riftmaker › Rabadon's Deathcap › Nashor's Tooth › Liandry's Torment › Blackfire Torch, boots Plated Steelcaps, keystone Conqueror. Three variants and when to pick each are below.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,100 total costNothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Magic penetration build targeting enemy resistances. Pick this if the enemy stacks magic resist.
15,000 total cost -100gDefensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
15,500 total cost +400gScores out of 10: where this champion sits against the whole roster, phase by phase. The strip shows its own power ramp level by level — it does not compare across champions.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Jax
Zhonya's Hourglass
Physical damage
Lillia
Banshee's Veil
Magic damage
Master Yi
Morellonomicon
Recurring healing
Nocturne
Zhonya's Hourglass
Physical damage
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Foundational item core, without recent situational additions — kept as a base for understanding the kit. For the up-to-date build, see the section above.
Gwen wins fights by staying active longer than her opponents. Her build must allow her to survive long enough for her DPS and sustain to take over.
Ruby Crystal
AP omnivamp in extended fights, with perfect synergy for E attack speed
AS + AP on-hit, amplifies the DPS auto with E boost
AP scaling on the R Needlework and the passive True Damage
Plated Steelcaps
Mercurys Treads
Glorious
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Q Snip Snip! repeated inside of the W Hallowed Mist stack Conqueror quickly.
Your scaling scares opponents out of the side lane — collect the plates nobody defends.
Covers the window when W is down — short trades stop chipping you.
Accumulated HP to she is hard to kill during his split-push and dives.
E (Skip 'N Slash) dash triggers penetration magic during his engages.
Infinity Orb
Oceanid's Trident
Infinity Orb
Morellonomicon
Infinity Orb
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Plated Steelcaps
Mercury's Treads
Glorious
Quicksilver
Infinity Orb
Oceanid's Trident
Infinity Orb
Morellonomicon
Infinity Orb
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Glorious
Quicksilver
Second Wind
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Perseverance
Coup De Grace
Giant Slayer
