Gwen·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Gwen Mid build, you should take Ghost and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Bone Plating and Unflinching 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 Riftmaker as your first item, followed by Mercury's Treads and Nashor's Tooth. For your last 3 items, you should build Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass and finish with Void Staff. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 49.2% winrate over 329 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Ghost and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being First Strike as your keystone, Cash Back, Biscuit Delivery and Jack Of All Trades in the primary tree, and Absolute Focus with Gathering Storm in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health 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 Malignance as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Shadowflame. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 47.5% win rate across 255 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Gwen Mid build in the current patch, try Ghost and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection 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 Lich Bane. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 50.4% win rate over 250 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.