Abilities Top
Boomstick - This ability is what makes
Gwen focus on
Tension Bow and crit so much. The extra damage lets you
last hit minions more easily, win
short trades in lane, and 100 - 0 someone squishy when ahead. A
basic harass combo would be to use your
Buckshot Bonanza on your laner, then walk up for an empowered attack.
Buckshot Bonanza - Your main ability to
poke, check
brushes,
kite enemies, and secure a kill on a low health enemy. When your Scout Cam is on cooldown and you're not sure if you want to facecheck a brush into a 5/0 Glaive, shoot it into the brush. Or just shoot your laner to annoy and poke them. Use this in a teamfight to slow someone like
Reim and prevent them from destroying you.
Skedaddle - The passive on this ability lets Gwen kite people and be very mobile with the extra 0.8 move speed. Stay along the outskirts of a teamfight to avoid being hit. The
main usage of this will be to shake off
crowd control (i.e.
Ardan's
Gauntlet) so Gwen can stay alive.
Aces High - Pretty simple ability.
Skillshot that
stuns and
damages someone.
DO NOT use this in the middle of a teamfight since you stand still to throw it and can allow people to just dog pile onto you. When chasing someone use your
Buckshot Bonanza to slow them, then use
Aces High on them. It'll be difficult to land but with enough practice you can do it.
A cheese strat would be to sit in a brush and wait for someone to come by. Throw your
Aces High onto them, basic attack,
Buckshot Bonanza, and basic attack again. You should be able to burst down someone or at least bring them down to low enough hp that they have to recall and lose minion farm.
Ability Leveling Top
Buckshot Bonanza - This is our
main poke tool and the
lower CD can allow us to
check brushes more frequently without being surprised, but the damage is lackluster and there aren't many benefits to maxing it.
Skedaddle -
Max this out[/color,] it is already a built in
Reflex Block so you can buy
Slumbering Husk without worrying about being CC'd. The speed boost is also very important as it can help you run from fights or kite harder if you're hit and lose the passive speed. Having a free
Reflex Block on a 10s cooldown is absolutely crucial for a carry.
Aces High - Every hero should upgrade their ultimate whenever possible. More damage, lower CD, and higher stun duration is great.
Itemization Top
WP Items
Sorrowblade - Buying a
Sorrowblade first will give you the raw WP needed to scale into
Tension Bow. This is the best option because
Gwen also really wants to snowball early on and get away with a lead.
Tension Bow- Your second item rush after
Sorrowblade to add on massive on-hit damage, as well as a lot of armor pierce. If it gets to the point late game where you can buy 3 crit items, sell
Tension Bow.
Tyrant's Monocle - More crit along with your
Tension Bow to add in even more on-hit damage.
Tornado Trigger - Combined with your
Tyrant's Monocle to add in 70% crit, the passive movement speed you get from it helps with
Gwen's already good kiting ability from her passive
Skedaddle speed.
Poisoned Shiv -
Life steal and
Mortal Wounds for someone like
Krul or
Lyra. The
attack speed helps bring up
Boomstick more often too.
Spellsword - If you find yourself using a lot of
energy buy this. The
WP you get from it is also nice. Gives some CDR for your
Skedaddle to come up earlier. Although there are better options than this.
Bonesaw - Unless the enemy team is stacking a lot of
armor you will almost never buy this. Use this to
shred armor off of your targets and open them up in teamfights.
Serpent Mask - If you already do a lot of damage and don't really need anything else, this is a great item to
stay alive in big fights with
massive lifesteal.
Breaking Point - Counter-intuitive to
Tension Bow's playstyle of skirmishing quick fights, if the enemy team is a tankier composition then don't buy
Tension Bow and buy this instead for consistent DPS.
Weapon Infusion - Take this if your build is complete or if you can't buy anything significant before a teamfight is about to happen.
Boots
Halcyon Chargers - If you want a bigger
energy pool and
cooldown speed, buy these.
Journey Boots - Usually bought on
Gwen because it helps with her
kiting so much.
Defense
Metal Jacket - Buy this to have more
armor if you want to survive against a WP carry like
Ringo.
Aegis - Buy this for the
Shielding against negative effects and to survive CP carries like
Kestrel.
Slumbering Husk - Buy this to survive against
heavy burst, which Gwen usually has trouble dealing with.
Celestial Shroud - If the enemy team is mainly
CP this will be a good item choice, but by my personal preference I don't like the inconsistent defense and the fact that it only grants Shield.
Cheese Strats + Combos Top
Trading with your Laner -
"Trading" is when both you and your opposing laner initiate a small fight (ie. 1 or 2 basic-attacks / abilities used).
Winning a trade is when after you two do the small fight, if you did more damage than the other person then you "win" the trade. Gwen's
Boomstick makes it easy for her to win trades thanks to the damage boost from it.
Basic Trading Combo - Use your
Buckshot Bonanza at a good range, then walk up for a basic-attack with
Boomstick. Another combo is to basic-attack first, then use
Buckshot Bonanza and basic-attack again if your laner is more mobile, such as
Vox.
Brush Cheese Kill - Stand in the edge of a brush that you know a Scout Cam isn't in. Wait for someone squishy to come by and use your
Aces High on them. Basic-attack,
Buckshot Bonanza, and basic-attack again. This will hurt them a LOT and you can chase them down to finish them off.
Abusing River Shops - At the start of the game farm up until you have enough for
Tension Bow and go over to the nearest River shop to buy it. Make sure you're not seen and stand in a bush. Surprise someone with a lot of damage from your powerspike with
Tension Bow and
Boomstick up.
Buckshot Bonanza them to slow them and finish them off. River Shops are great for getting an unexpected powerspike and picking someone off.
Teamfighting With
Gwen - Assuming your frontline is something like
Catherine and
Rona, let them take most of the damage and CC while
Gwen kites around the edge of the fight. Using your
Buckshot Bonanza to slow enemies and letting your team catch up to them will also push the fight in your favor.
Abusing River Flow - If you're at bot, for example, try to land a
Boomstick basic-attack onto your laner and run in the direction of the River to
speed yourself up and avoid getting hit by an attack/ability.
Kiting / Orb walking - "Orb walking" is the act of "animation-canceling" so you can get the most out of your
basic-attacks while keeping your distance. To do this you just simply tap to attack an enemy hero, then immediately tap in the opposite direction to walk there as soon as you fire a projectile at the enemy. Doing this repeatedly will allow you to cover more ground running while hitting them instead of losing 1 or 2 seconds standing still to attack.
Placing Scout Cams + Jungle Positions Top
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