Gwen
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA- Pick
- 8.5%picked in 226 of 2,644 games
- Ban
- 13.4%262 bans over 1,958 games, against 4.0% in soloQ
Amateur: 2,664 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 215,636 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.
At a glance
Four answers, each one opens its chapter.- What changes in tournamentsOne clear gap between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.Draft
- How to play itFirst Strike, then Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.
- In a compTakes its kills in duels first: more duels than 79% of mid laners.Duelist
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftNot enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
What changes in tournaments?
One clear gap between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.
- DraftBanned more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 14.8%
- SoloQ
- 4.0%
Not enough games to judge: win rate, length, keystone, spells, and core.
How to play it?
First Strike, then Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesFirst Strike42% · 571
SpellsFlash + Ignite36% · 486- Lich Bane
- Shadowflame
- Rabadon's Deathcap
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Takes its kills in duels first: more duels than 79% of mid laners.
- Takes its kills in duelstop21%28% · mid laners: 23%
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners
What marks it
- Duelist
Like other mid laners
- Gold at 15 min
- Absorbs damage
- Plays teamfights
- Team damage
What it is not
- Little map pressure
- Little CC
- No poke
- No split-push
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Not measured: the fact is not validated by the draft review.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, ahead of 82% of mid laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among mid laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Gold at 15 min · rank 57 of 100 among mid laners+85 · median +25
- Gold at 20 min · rank 82 of 100 among mid laners+463 · median +71
- Map pressure · rank 13 of 100 among mid laners2.3 · median 3.2
- Absorbs damage · rank 64 of 100 among mid laners588 · median 489
- Plays teamfights · rank 35 of 100 among mid laners53% · median 55%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 79 of 100 among mid laners28% · median 23%
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 13 of 100 among mid laners0.2 · median 0.7
- Team damage · rank 33 of 100 among mid laners18% · median 21%
With whom, against whom?
No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
Best results
Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.
Against
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
Matchups and allies
One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.
No pair measured in amateur play on this side.
Ban it or pick it?
Not enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
Pick rate as Mid
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+0.3%1,118 picks of 431,269ban 4.0% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments0.2%8 picks of 3,686ban 14.8% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.0%0 picks of 2,204bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
10.5% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as MidNot enough series yet: published from 30.