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Gwen

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

13.8%#51 of 173 champions

Pick: 6.4%picked in 487 of 7,565 games
Ban: 7.4%267 bans over 3,601 games, against 3.2% in soloQ

Win rate as Top53.5% between 49.5% and 57.6% over 409 gamesSoloQ 51.4%: no clear gap

Median length27.9 minsoloQ 27.5 min

Amateur: 7,565 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 385,041 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.DraftSpells
How to play itConqueror, then Dusk and Dawn, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 99% of top laners.DamagePokeSplit-push
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

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
2.5%
SoloQ
1.3%
2.5% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.3% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
7.9%
SoloQ
3.2%
7.9% ban rate in amateur play over 2,305 games, against 3.2% in soloQ over 183,139 games.
SpellsFlash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite
Amateur
39%
SoloQ
56%
Played in 39% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Ignite (56%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Conqueror, then Dusk and Dawn, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesConqueror76% · 7,927

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite56% · 5,807

≠ Amateur: Flash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite. 39% · 423 games

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 88 games

Core (3 legendaries)42% · 2,048

42%of soloQ games

Dusk and Dawn
Shadowflame
Rabadon's Deathcap

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?

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

Topgap to expected

Ornn57.0% · expected 54.8% · 86 g+2.1 ptSoloQ -2.7

Dr. Mundo67.7% · expected 60.9% · 31 g+6.8 ptSoloQ +9.7

Sion55.4% · expected 52.5% · 56 g+2.8 ptSoloQ -0.9

Junglegap to expected

Wukong58.9% · expected 53.5% · 56 g+5.4 ptSoloQ +1.3

Jarvan IV57.8% · expected 54.2% · 45 g+3.6 ptSoloQ +2.2

Midgap to expected

Syndra56.0% · expected 52.4% · 50 g+3.6 ptSoloQ +2.2

Viktor54.0% · expected 53.2% · 50 g+0.8 ptSoloQ -1.6

ADCgap to expected

Sivir66.7% · expected 55.9% · 30 g+10.8 ptSoloQ +1.8

Xayah58.1% · expected 53.4% · 31 g+4.7 ptSoloQ -3.4

Supportgap to expected

Lulu60.0% · expected 55.6% · 40 g+4.4 ptSoloQ +0.9

With

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV63.2% · expected 52.9% · 57 g+10.2 ptSoloQ +1.0

Vi63.3% · expected 54.3% · 30 g+9.0 ptSoloQ +4.1

Wukong54.2% · expected 53.5% · 59 g+0.7 ptSoloQ -0.7

Midgap to expected

Ahri58.1% · expected 53.5% · 31 g+4.5 ptSoloQ -0.8

Viktor55.9% · expected 53.9% · 34 g+2.0 ptSoloQ +3.6

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn65.7% · expected 55.6% · 35 g+10.1 ptSoloQ +1.5

Jinx51.6% · expected 51.1% · 31 g+0.5 ptSoloQ +2.5

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus58.0% · expected 56.7% · 50 g+1.3 ptSoloQ +3.7

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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