Gwen·Jungle Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Gwen Jungle build, you should take Ghost and Smite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Cosmic Insight and Magical Footwear in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Nashor's Tooth as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Riftmaker. For your last 3 items, you should build Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass and finish with Shadowflame. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 54.1% winrate over 5 722 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Gwen Jungle build would be to take Ghost and Smite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Cosmic Insight with Magical Footwear in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Riftmaker, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Nashor's Tooth as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 51.4% win rate over 142 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Ghost and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being First Strike as your keystone, Magical Footwear, Triple Tonic and Approach Velocity in the primary tree, and Axiom Arcanist with Gathering Storm in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Nashor's Tooth as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Shadowflame as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Banshee's Veil. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 59.6% win rate across 136 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Gwen Jungle build in the current patch, try Ghost and Smite as your Summoner Spells, Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Absolute Focus with Gathering Storm as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Nashor's Tooth as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Shadowflame as third item. The last 3 options are Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Zhonya's Hourglass. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 48.0% win rate over 125 matches played.

Situational Gwen Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Gwen build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.