Gwen·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Gwen Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite 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 Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Nashor's Tooth. For your last 3 items, you should build Riftmaker, Shadowflame and finish with Lich Bane. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 43.5% winrate over 294 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Gwen Support build would be to take Exhaust and Ghost 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 Magical Footwear with Cosmic Insight 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 Celestial Opposition, which you should build first, followed by Mercury's Treads as your second item and Nashor's Tooth as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Rabadon's Deathcap, Randuin's Omen and Void Staff. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 41.1% win rate over 168 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Unflinching 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 Bloodsong as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Nashor's Tooth as a third item. You want to finish the build with Riftmaker, Shadowflame and Rabadon's Deathcap. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 38.9% win rate across 95 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Gwen Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Bone Plating with Unflinching as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Nashor's Tooth as third item. The last 3 options are Riftmaker, Shadowflame and Rabadon's Deathcap. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 35.3% win rate over 85 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.