Fiora vs Gwen Counter Pick

Hallowed Mist protects Gwen from everyone outside it and lets only enemies who step inside target her. Against a duelist who wants to stand on top of her anyway, that is a weak wall. Fiora takes the winning side at 54.6% over 374 games on patch 16.13.1.

• Shared space: both attack from 150, and Snip Snip! rewards the same close range Fiora needs for Duelist’s Dance, so the fight happens where she wants it.
• Parry: Riposte blanks all incoming damage briefly and can erase an empowered Skip ‘n Slash strike or a Needlework cast.
• Scaling: Gwen ends far sturdier, 2,575 health and 122.3 armor at 18 against 2,303 and 112.9, so the longer version of this matchup is not the one Fiora wants.

A Thousand Cuts deals bonus magic damage based on the target’s health and heals Gwen for part of it against champions, which means Fiora’s own scaling feeds her opponent. The counter is speed of resolution: Bladework guarantees a critical strike on the second attack, and Grand Challenge reveals all four Vitals while granting move speed near the target, on top of a base 345 to Gwen’s 340. The mist also stays where it was cast, so pulling her off it is worth more than any single trade. Difficulty ratings sit at 3 and 5. Kits: Fiora and Gwen.