Warwick vs Gwen — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Warwick against Gwen · 59.42% win rate over 313 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Warwick is favoured — Warwick owns 5 of the 7 game windows to Gwen's 2. Warwick wins 59.42% of games vs Gwen in top lane (313 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1WarwickWarwick's sustain and trade power crush a mana-starved level 1 Gwen.
Level 2WarwickAt level 2 Gwen still lacks stacks and CC to answer your Blood Hunt trades.
Level 3WarwickLevel 3 you dive her freely; her single E is her only escape.
Levels 4-5WarwickThrough 4-5 you keep her low with reset trades and fear.
Level 6WarwickLevel 6 Infinite Duress locks Gwen before her W cloud can save her.
First itemGwenAt first item Gwen's W untargetability and Q healing let her outlast you.
Two+ itemsGwenFull-build Gwen out-DPSes, out-heals, and disengages your single-target R.

Early game (levels 1–5)

You crush Gwen levels 1-3: she's mana-starved, her Q is weak without stacks, and she has no hard CC, so Blood Hunt on cooldown, trade with charged Jaws of the Beast, and heal every scratch back off minions.

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The full Warwick 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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