PASSIVE THOUSAND CUTS
Gwen's attacks deal bonus magic damage based on the target's health. She heals for a portion of the damage dealt to champions by this effect.
Gwen Wild Rift champion guide
Champion guide
What the Rift Lab holds on this champion: the kit as Riot publishes it, the build the lab reviewed, and the matchups it has documented. Anything the dataset does not record is left out rather than filled in.
- In-game title
- The Hallowed Seamstress
- Official role
- FIGHTER
- Lane
- Baron / Top
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Source tier
- S
Abilities
Riot's own text for each slot, in the order the champion learns them.
1 SNIP 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.
2 HALLOWED MIST
Gwen summons mist that protects her from enemies outside of it. She can only be targeted by enemies who enter the mist.
3 SKIP '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.
ULTIMATE NEEDLEWORK
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 damage.
Reviewed build
The reviewed purchase order and rune page for this champion. Every entry that has a page of its own is linked to it; an item the catalogue holds no page for is printed as a name rather than pointed at a page that does not exist.
Core build order
- Riftmaker
- Nashor's Tooth
- Rabadon's Deathcap
- Crown of the Shattered Queen
- Amaranth's Twinguard
- Plated SteelcapsGlorious
Runes
Situational answers
One slot, changed when the enemy team changes the problem. These are answers, not automatic purchases.
- Enemy healingMorellonomicon
- Enemy shieldsOceanid's Trident
- Enemy crowd controlQuicksilver
- Enemy ability powerMercury's Treads
Matchups
- 8reviewed counter links
- 5reviewed synergy links
Harder matchups
- FioraBaron / TopA
- JaxBaron / TopS
- TryndamereBaron / TopA
- AkaliMidA
- JayceBaron / TopA
- RenektonBaron / TopA
- VayneDragon / ADCS
- Lee SinJungleA
Useful alongside this pick
Ability text and the in-game title follow Riot's official Wild Rift champion pages. The tier letter is the external snapshot shown on the tier list, and the build is the Nexus reviewed snapshot — neither is a win rate.
- Riot's official champion page
- Nexus build lab 7.1e
Quick answers
Who counters Gwen in Wild Rift?
In the matchup data documented in Rift Lab, these are the harder matchups for Gwen: Fiora (Baron / Top), Jax (Baron / Top), Tryndamere (Baron / Top), Akali (Mid), Jayce (Baron / Top), Renekton (Baron / Top), Vayne (Dragon / ADC), Lee Sin (Jungle). This is a documented matchup list, not a win rate: TheNexus does not publish win-rate or pick-rate figures it cannot source.
How do you play against Gwen in Wild Rift?
Riot's ability text for Gwen describes a dash, leap or blink in SKIP 'N SLASH (ability 3). Plan around those abilities before a trade or a fight. These notes are keyword matches over the ability text only, not a rating of how strong Gwen is, so read the full descriptions on this page.
What is the best build for Gwen in Wild Rift?
The Nexus-reviewed core build for Gwen, in purchase order: Riftmaker then Nashor's Tooth then Rabadon's Deathcap then Crown of the Shattered Queen then Amaranth's Twinguard then Plated Steelcaps + Glorious. Runes: Conqueror, Demolish, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Sudden Impact. Situational swaps: against enemy healing: Morellonomicon; against enemy shields: Oceanid's Trident; against enemy crowd control: Quicksilver; against enemy ability power: Mercury's Treads. This is a reviewed snapshot (patch 7.2b), not a build ranked by win rate.
Which lane and role does Gwen play in Wild Rift?
Gwen is a Fighter by Riot's classification and is played in Baron / Top. Riot rates the difficulty Medium. On our tier-list snapshot (patch 7.2b) it shows S tier from its external source, which is a snapshot letter and not a TheNexus win rate.
Every answer here is built from Rift Lab data and Riot's own ability text. Where the data is missing we say so instead of guessing.