Vayne vs Gwen Counter Pick

Two health-percentage engines collide head-on, and the ranged side comes out ahead. On patch 16.13.1, Vayne holds a 55.0% win rate over 160 games. Silver Bolts turns every third consecutive hit into a slice of maximum health, a natural fit for Gwen‘s frame, which grows from 620 health at level 1 to 2,575 at level 18, the highest durability figure either champion brings. Gwen answers with A Thousand Cuts: bonus magic damage scaled to the target’s health, with healing attached. Still, her 550 attack range against 150 means she rarely lands it for free.

The outcome hinges on Skip ‘n Slash and Hallowed Mist. The dash grants attack speed and extra attack range, while the mist makes Gwen untargetable to anything outside it, a direct counter to ranged basic attacks as long as the marksman steps inside. Staying back costs nothing. Her mixed damage pushes defensive purchases in two directions, whereas purely physical damage meets plain armor, and she already starts with 39 base armor rising to 122.3, against 23 and 101.2 for Vayne. She moves at 340 to 330 and opens with 63 base attack damage to 60, so a level-one all-in favours her if the spacing slips. Both use Mana, and neither drains it quickly. Difficulty ratings are 5 for Gwen and 8 for Vayne, so the harder champion posts the better statistic across those 160 games.