How to win lane as Gwen against Mordekaiser · 59.62% win rate over 468 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Neither of you has a real tool at level 1, but his Q only gets its bonus when you are alone — even start, just deny the side-bush isolation pick. |
| Level 2 | Mordekaiser | His E pull into an isolated Q slam plus the Indestructible shield out-stats your toolless level 2 — farm at range, do not contest the trade. |
| Level 3 | Gwen | With Q and E online you can poke and reset out of his pull, and your %-HP snips start punishing his HP faster than his shield refreshes. |
| Levels 4-5 | Mordekaiser | Pre-6 you are a melee with no mist and no untargetability against his shielded trades — he wins the extended fight, so dodge the E pull and farm. |
| Level 6 | Gwen | Needlework slows him out of walk-up range and Hallowed Mist's armor/MR lets you survive Realm of Death and out-sustain Indestructible in the 1v1. |
| First item | Gwen | Riftmaker/Nashor's makes Snip Snip! shred his stacked HP and shield with %-max-HP plus true damage while Thousand Cuts heals it all back. |
| Two+ items | Gwen | At 2+ items the more HP and shield he builds the harder your %-HP Q cuts him — he has no scaling answer, so you own the late duel. |
Levels 1-3 are his, not yours. You have no mist and no E dash yet, so his E-pull into an isolated Q slam backed by Indestructible out-stats your clunky cone Q in a straight trade. Do not stand alone in side brush or sit at melee range for a CS — that is exactly the no-enemies-nearby isolation his Q bonus wants. Farm with the tip of Snip Snip! at max range, respect the pull, and accept a little chip; his W heal means you cannot win the level-1 poke war anyway. Reach 6 and your %-HP shredding plus mist flip the lane.
The full Gwen vs Mordekaiser report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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