Gwen ARAM Mayhem Build

The Hallowed Seamstress. One of the strongest picks in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #3 of 173 champions.

SPatch 26.21FighterNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: S
Win rate: 57.1%
Pick rate: 4.2%
Rank: #3 of 173
Games: 978,459
Patch: 26.21

How to play Gwen in ARAM Mayhem

Gwen is one of the strongest picks in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier S, #3 of 173 champions, with a 57.1% win rate over 978,459 games.

72% of Gwen's damage to champions is magic, so enemy magic resist is what slows it down. It deals 46,175 damage to champions in an average game, more than most champions, so play to stay alive and keep hitting. It brings almost no crowd control, so it relies on teammates to set up kills.

The AP build, ability power items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Nashor's Tooth, Dusk and Dawn and Shadowflame, with a 58.8% win rate over 707,774 games. For boots, Gluttonous Greaves are both the most bought and the top-ranked pair.

The cards that do best on Gwen are BEES!!!, The Boom and the Bass and Ethereal Weapon. Cards built around attack speed and on-hit fill most of the top of its list, followed by ability haste. Skip Pursuit of Haste and Divine Intervention when you can: they do worst on Gwen. A pair to look for: Wooglet's Witchcap with BEES!!!.

Take Ghost and Mark (5% of players); Flash is the common alternative. Max Q (Snip Snip!) first, then E, then W.

Gwen ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Gwen game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

AP build · top ranked

58.8% win rate · 86% of Gwen games · 707,774 games

Start

Recurve Bow
Amplifying Tome
Glowing Mote

Core items, in buying order

Nashor's Tooth
Dusk and Dawn
Shadowflame

Boots on the AP build for Gwen, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Gluttonous Greaves	34%
No boots	32%
Sorcerer's Shoes	14%

Situational, after the core

Rabadon's Deathcap47% buy it
Void Staff11% buy it
Riftmaker23% buy it
Spirit Visage9% buy it
Cosmic Drive2% buy it
Zhonya's Hourglass7% buy it

Other build paths

Other Gwen build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Core items	Games	Win rate
TankHeartsteel, Riftmaker, Warmog's Armor		0.6%	53.1%
On-hitNashor's Tooth, Dusk and Dawn, Spirit Visage		2.5%	56.1%

Games: the share of all Gwen games that went this way.

Most bought items

Nashor's Tooth80% of games
Riftmaker78% of games
Dusk and Dawn78% of games
Shadowflame48% of games
Rabadon's Deathcap34% of games
Gluttonous Greaves27% of games
Mercury's Treads20% of games
Spirit Visage18% of games
Sorcerer's Shoes14% of games
Heartsteel9% of games

Best augments for Gwen

Every card with enough Gwen games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Gwen's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

1Escape PlanTier S
2ErosionTier A
3Shadow RunnerTier A

S- and A-tier cards for Gwen

12 S tier and 33 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Gwen in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
BEES!!!	Gold	Tier S	Every 15–10 (by level) seconds, your next Ability hit against an enemy champion throws a beehive at the target. Upon arriving, the hive…
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Ethereal Weapon	Gold	Tier S	Your Abilities apply On-Hit Effects On-Hit effects. 1 second Cooldown per target.
Wooglet's Witchcap	Prismatic	Tier S	QUEST: Possess Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. REWARD: Get Wooglet's Witchcap.
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier S	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
Take'em Down Down Down	Gold	Tier S	Attacks and Abilities apply a stack to enemy champions for 5 seconds and deal Melee (5–30 (by level) +35% Bonus Attack Damage+15% Ability…
Dual Wield	Prismatic	Tier S	When you Attack, fire a bolt that deals 40% damage and applies your On-Hit Effects On-Hit effects at 40% effectiveness. Gain 10% total…
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Heavy Is The Crown	Gold	Tier S	Gain 10 Attack Damage, 25 Ability Power, and increase your Bonus Attack Damage, Bonus Ability Power, and Total Attack Speed by 10%. Decrease…
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier S	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier S	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Erosion	Silver	Tier A	Damaging enemies shreds 1.5% Armor and Magic Resist for 4s, up to 30% at 20 stacks.
Shadow Runner	Silver	Tier A	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability or exiting Stealth, gain 300 Movement Speed for 2 seconds.
Tooth Fairy	Gold	Tier A	When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
Marksmage	Gold	Tier A	Your Attacks deal an additional (75% Ability Power) physical damage.
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Warlock Juicebox	Gold	Tier A	Gain (10%+3.5% Ability Power) Omnivamp.
Lich Brain	Silver	Tier A	Gain (30+4% Bonus Health) Ability Power.
Blue Barrier	Silver	Tier A	Gain 200–450 (by level) % of the Max Mana Mana you spend as a Shield for 1.5 seconds. Shields up to 300–800 (by level)
Master of Duality	Prismatic	Tier A	Your Attacks grant you 6–18 (by level) Ability Power and your Abilities that damage enemies grant you 3–9 (by level) Attack Damage. This…
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Flow of Spirit	Silver	Tier A	Casting selected ability grants you 60–120 (by level) % Attack Speed for 4 seconds.
Final Form	Prismatic	Tier A	After casting your Ultimate, gain a 50% max Health Shield, 20% Omnivamp and 30% bonus Movement Speed for 10 seconds. (20 seconds Cooldown).
Typhoon	Silver	Tier A	Your Attacks shoot a missile at an additional target, dealing 30% damage and applying On-Hit Effects On-Hit effects.
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier A	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
ADAPt	Silver	Tier A	Convert Bonus Attack Damage to Ability Power, and gain (15%) Ability Power. Converts at a rate of 1.67 Ability Power per point of Attack…
FireFox	Silver	Tier A	Autocast: Gain 25% movement speed and conjure three flames that orbit you every 9 seconds, targetting the closest visible enemy in range and…
Zealot	Silver	Tier A	Gain (25%+5% Ability Power) Critical Strike Chance and (35%+5% Ability Power) Attack Speed.
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
Witchful Thinking	Silver	Tier A	Gain Ability Power 20–80 (by level) Ability Power.
Sap Magic	Gold	Tier A	Every 20 seconds, your next Attack deals (80–300 (by level) +5% Bonus Health) bonus physical damage and restores (50–250 (by level) +8% Max…
Phenomenal Evil	Gold	Tier A	Permanently gain 1 Ability Power when you damage enemy champions with Abilities. If taken as your second Augment, starts with 40 Ability…
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier A	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
Transmute: Gold	Silver	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Gold Augment.
Swift and Safe	Silver	Tier A	Gain a (65–290 (by level) +26% Ability Power +65% Bonus Attack Damage) Shield for 2 seconds after a Dash or Blink (5 seconds Cooldown).
Symphony of War	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain the Lethal Tempo and Conqueror Keystone Runes. Lethal Tempo - Attacking champions grants Attack Speed, stacking up to 6 times. At 6…
Urf's Champion	Prismatic	Tier A	QUEST: Score 18 takedowns. REWARD: Gain The Golden Spatula.
Stats on Stats on Stats!	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 4 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils! On your next Augment selection, gain one additional reroll per slot.
Upgrade Sheen	Gold	Tier A	Your Spellblade effects deal additional damage equal to 4% of the target's health and heal you for 3.5% of the target's health…
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.

Average on Gwen
48 cards, best first

Below average on Gwen
33 cards, best first

Weakest on Gwen
12 cards, best first

Best first augment for Gwen

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Gwen's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, BEES!!!, The Boom and the Bass and Back To Basics come out on top.

The best augments for Gwen in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	BEES!!!Tier S	BEES!!!Tier S	BEES!!!Tier S	BEES!!!Tier S
2	The Boom and the BassTier S	Ethereal WeaponTier S	Ethereal WeaponTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S
3	Back To BasicsTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Ethereal WeaponTier S
4	Ethereal WeaponTier S	Wooglet's WitchcapTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Dual WieldTier S
5	Take'em Down Down DownTier S	Back To BasicsTier S	Take'em Down Down DownTier S	Take'em Down Down DownTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Gwen, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Ghost + Mark5% of players · 58.7% win rate
Flash + Mark83% of players · 57.3% win rate
Flash + Ghost11% of players · 56.1% win rate

Skill order

QSnip Snip!
ESkip 'n Slash
WHallowed Mist

Max Q first. 95% of players use this order (58.8% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Gwen in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 12.7 / 11.7 / 20.9
KDA: 3.11
Damage to champions: 46,175
Damage taken: 51,229
Self-mitigated: 45,114
Healing on allies: 4
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 6 s
Kill participation: 62%
Game length: 16:13

Damage type

Physical 14%Magic 72%True 14%

Questions and answers

What is the best Gwen build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the AP build first for Gwen: Nashor's Tooth, Dusk and Dawn and Shadowflame. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Gwen in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Gwen, best first: BEES!!!, The Boom and the Bass, Ethereal Weapon, Wooglet's Witchcap and Back To Basics. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Gwen good in ARAM Mayhem?

Gwen is tier S on patch 26.21, #3 of 173 champions, with a 57.1% win rate over 978,459 games. That makes it one of the strongest picks in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Gwen in ARAM Mayhem?

For Gwen's first pick on patch 26.21: BEES!!!, The Boom and the Bass, Back To Basics, Ethereal Weapon and Take'em Down Down Down, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

Other Fighters in ARAM Mayhem

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Gwen counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.