How to win lane as Illaoi against Gwen · 50.82% win rate over 612 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Illaoi | Illaoi-favoured: level 1 she has no Mist and can't escape your W trade. |
| Level 2 | Illaoi | Illaoi-favoured: level 2 your slam-empowered W chunks her immobile frame. |
| Level 3 | Illaoi | Illaoi-favoured: E Test of Spirit lands cleanly before Hallowed Mist exists. |
| Levels 4-5 | Illaoi | Illaoi-favoured: levels 4-5 your tentacle count punishes her every cooldown window. |
| Level 6 | Gwen | Gwen-favoured: level 6 W Hallowed Mist and R let her go untargetable and dodge your Leap. |
| First item | Gwen | Gwen-favoured: first item Nashor's makes her Q out-DPS your slams through the field. |
| Two+ items | Gwen | Gwen-favoured: at 2+ items her Mist uptime and mobility ignore your tentacles entirely. |
You own levels 1-5: Gwen has no Hallowed Mist yet, so W Harsh Lesson in, land E Test of Spirit, and seed tentacles to chunk her before she can scale. Punish every window her W is on cooldown.
The full Illaoi vs Gwen 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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