Gwen Counters
Find Gwen counters, difficult matchups and champions Gwen performs well against.
Weak Against — Champions That Counter Gwen
Win rate shown from Gwen's perspective — lower means a harder matchup.
Strong Against — Champions Gwen Counters
All Gwen Matchups
| Opponent | Role | Type | Win Rate | Games | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garen | Top | Counter | 43.9% | 114 | — |
| Mordekaiser | Top | Counter | 46.5% | 114 | — |
| Aatrox | Top | Counter | 48.3% | 120 | — |
| Malphite | Top | Counter | 51.9% | 106 | — |
| Dr. Mundo | Top | Counter | 57.5% | 214 | Matchup |
| Dr. Mundo | Top | Favorable | 57.5% | 214 | Matchup |
| Malphite | Top | Favorable | 51.9% | 106 | — |
| Aatrox | Top | Favorable | 48.3% | 120 | — |
| Mordekaiser | Top | Favorable | 46.5% | 114 | — |
| Garen | Top | Favorable | 43.9% | 114 | — |
How to Use Gwen Counter Data
Looking for reliable Gwen counters? The matchup numbers below come straight from current ranked games in the Top role, not from tier-list guesswork. The toughest lane opponents at the moment are Riven, Warwick, Vladimir: against them Gwen posts its lowest win rates in the current data set. The single strongest counter is Riven, where Gwen wins just 39.4% of 391 recorded games. On the flip side, Gwen performs well into Diana, Locke, Dr. Mundo, making them safer picks to face.
Each card shows the win rate from Gwen’s perspective and the number of games behind it — a matchup with tens of thousands of games is far more trustworthy than one with a few hundred. The Easy/Even/Hard labels are computed from those win rates (below 48% reads as Hard, above 52% as Easy); they are a reading aid, not a separate source stat. Data comes from ranked games at Emerald rank and above across all regions, currently on patch 16.13.1, and refreshes automatically every 48 hours, so the numbers move with the meta. Counters are only half the picture: check the current Gwen build for the strongest items and runes, or the Gwen champion page for abilities and full details.
Gwen Counters — FAQ
Garen is currently the strongest counter to Gwen — Gwen wins only 43.9% of 114 recorded games in that matchup. Other difficult opponents are listed in the Weak Against section above.
Gwen performs best against Dr. Mundo, winning 57.5% of those games — see the full Strong Against list above.
Automatically every 48 hours, from ranked games at Emerald rank and above across all regions (currently patch 16.13.1).
Yes — every matchup record carries the patch it was collected on, and the whole page refreshes with each data update, so the numbers always describe the current patch rather than an old meta.