Gwen

Gwen is a scaling AP fighter for the top lane whose entire game plan revolves around extended trades and percent-health damage. A Thousand Cuts makes her attacks deal bonus magic damage based on the target’s health and heals her when it strikes champions, which means the longer a fight lasts — and the tankier her opponent — the better she gets. She is one of the few fighters who genuinely enjoys facing raid bosses.

Her combat loop is rhythmic and satisfying. Skip ‘n Slash dashes her into range and grants attack speed, bonus attack range, and on-hit magic damage, with part of the cooldown refunded if she connects — the engine that keeps her sticking to targets. Snip Snip! then snips up to six times in a cone, dealing true damage in the center, so positioning the scissors’ sweet spot is the core skill test. Hallowed Mist is what lets a squishy dueler survive: inside the mist she can only be targeted by enemies who physically walk into it, neutralizing poke, ranged crowd control, and turret-side ganks alike.

Needlework rounds out the kit as a three-cast needle volley that slows, damages, and applies her passive at range, giving her a way to start fights or finish fleeing targets. Gwen suits players who like split pushing, tank shredding, and winning 1v1s through smart cooldown management rather than one-shot combos — her weakness is being kited before the mist and dash come back up.