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Gwen

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

11.4%#72 of 173 champions

Pick: 5.4%picked in 972 of 17,943 games
Ban: 6.0%1,029 bans over 17,015 games, against 0.6% in soloQ

Win rate as Top49.9% between 46.9% and 52.9% over 746 gamesSoloQ 50.6%: no clear gap

Median length29.1 minsoloQ 25.9 min

Amateur: 18,182 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 337,103 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 tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLength
How to play itConqueror, then Riftmaker, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 99% of top laners.DamagePokeSplit-push
With / againstBetter than expected against Xin Zhao in amateur play: +20.4 pts over 30 games, range above zero.+20.4 pt30 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
2.1%
SoloQ
1.0%
2.1% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.0% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
5.7%
SoloQ
0.6%
5.7% ban rate in amateur play over 11,141 games, against 0.6% in soloQ over 144,722 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.1 min
SoloQ
25.9 min
Median of 29.1 min in amateur play, against 25.9 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Conqueror, then Riftmaker, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesConqueror92% · 6,267

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite34% · 2,284

Amateur: Flash + Teleport (35%), gap not settled

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 103 games

Core (3 legendaries)14% · 327

14%of soloQ games

Riftmaker
Nashor's Tooth
Shadowflame

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Team damage first: more damage than 99% of top laners.

Team damagetop1%27% · top laners: 20%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

Damage
Poke
Split-push

Like other top laners

Damage in lane
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills

What it is not

Little CC

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 59 in lane, 78 in mid game and 86 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

618+19 vs 599

935+67 vs 868

1,221+142 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Gwentop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 92% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 59 of 100 among top laners618 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 78 of 100 among top laners935 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 86 of 100 among top laners1,221 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 86 of 100 among top laners+465 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 92 of 100 among top laners+778 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 50 of 100 among top laners931 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 59 of 100 among top laners54% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 59 of 100 among top laners29% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 29 of 100 among top lanersrank 29 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 7 of 100 among top laners0.2 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 99 of 100 among top laners27% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Xin Zhao in amateur play: +20.4 pts over 30 games, range above zero.

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

Topgap to expected

Ambessa59.4% · expected 50.4% · 32 g+9.0 ptSoloQ -0.7

Shen58.1% · expected 49.9% · 31 g+8.1 ptSoloQ +8.4

Dr. Mundo52.6% · expected 51.7% · 57 g+0.9 ptSoloQ +11.5

Aatrox50.0% · expected 49.2% · 36 g+0.8 ptSoloQ -1.6

Junglegap to expected

Xin Zhao70.0% · expected 49.6% · 30 g+20.4 ptSoloQ -3.9

Lee Sin52.1% · expected 51.2% · 73 g+0.8 ptSoloQ +1.5

Sylas52.1% · expected 49.3% · 48 g+2.8 ptSoloQ +1.1

Jarvan IV52.0% · expected 51.8% · 50 g+0.2 ptSoloQ +2.4

Midgap to expected

Syndra57.6% · expected 49.6% · 33 g+8.0 ptSoloQ +3.9

Viktor53.7% · expected 49.4% · 54 g+4.3 ptSoloQ +2.0

ADCgap to expected

Kai'Sa55.6% · expected 49.5% · 63 g+6.1 ptSoloQ -0.3

Xayah57.6% · expected 48.3% · 33 g+9.3 ptSoloQ -1.1

Zeri53.8% · expected 46.3% · 39 g+7.5 ptSoloQ -4.8

Lucian54.9% · expected 50.2% · 51 g+4.7 ptSoloQ +4.2

Tristana57.6% · expected 51.3% · 33 g+6.3 ptSoloQ +3.6

Supportgap to expected

Thresh64.4% · expected 48.3% · 45 g+16.1 ptSoloQ +1.2

Lulu52.5% · expected 52.1% · 80 g+0.4 ptSoloQ -2.3

Milio54.8% · expected 51.5% · 42 g+3.3 ptSoloQ +7.7

With

Junglegap to expected

Lee Sin55.4% · expected 48.5% · 83 g+6.9 ptSoloQ +0.2

Wukong55.2% · expected 54.5% · 67 g+0.8 ptSoloQ +3.2

Midgap to expected

Galio61.1% · expected 49.6% · 36 g+11.5 ptSoloQ +8.1

Zed62.5% · expected 56.2% · 32 g+6.3 ptSoloQ +0.9

Yone56.5% · expected 53.3% · 46 g+3.2 ptSoloQ -5.5

ADCgap to expected

Lucian63.9% · expected 49.5% · 36 g+14.3 ptSoloQ +0.5

Xayah60.0% · expected 51.4% · 55 g+8.6 ptSoloQ -1.2

Kai'Sa59.2% · expected 50.2% · 49 g+8.9 ptSoloQ +0.5

Jinx54.3% · expected 53.9% · 46 g+0.4 ptSoloQ +1.9

Supportgap to expected

Rakan70.0% · expected 49.3% · 30 g+20.7 ptSoloQ +0.5

Braum62.7% · expected 52.4% · 51 g+10.3 ptSoloQ -0.9

Nautilus55.7% · expected 48.6% · 70 g+7.1 ptSoloQ -4.4

Blitzcrank52.1% · expected 50.5% · 48 g+1.6 ptSoloQ -2.1

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.

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