It’s indeed very surprising to see that Gwen will not be getting a nerf in League of Legends patch 11.14, and what’s even more surprising is the reason behind it.
In a recent tweet, while talking about tentative changes that Riot Games planned for the upcoming update, League of Legends’ lead gameplay designer Jeevun “Jag” Sidhu explained why the devs feel it’s unnecessary to bring in Gwen tweaks right now.
In the tweet, he wrote:
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“Gwen did come up, but her solo queue metrics are quite reasonable in terms of both win rate and ban rate. She’s really only performing in Pro play in Western regions. Eastern regions don’t seem to agree she’s OP.”
It is surprisingly true that Gwen hasn’t been a priority pick for the Chinese and Korean League of Legends pro scenes. However, in the LEC and the LCS, she has enjoyed a very high pick and ban rate in the Summer and has often been the defining factor in many team victories.
When checking her solo-queue stats on OP.gg, League of Legends players will find Gwen sitting at one of the lowest ranks with just a 47.49% win rate.
What makes Gwen feel overpowered in League of Legends?
Simply put, Gwen feels overpowered because of the lack of counterplay she brings to the table.
Her “W” Hallowed Mist is what makes and breaks the champion, and when used right, she can take over the entire game all by herself. However, while her mist can be easily countered during a team fight with proper communication and synergy, that is not the case during the 1v1 laning phase.
Her mobility, high damage output, and the very reason she can pick Teleport and Ignite as her Summoner spells and not Flash make her one of the most problematic champions to deal with for melee bruisers.
However, she is much easier to deal with outside the laning phase, and as she is pretty squishy with no sustain built-in, she can go down relatively easily when focused on. This is one reason she has a meager win rate in solo queue, because of which the League of Legends devs will not look to tweak her kit just yet.
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