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Gwen vs Malphite

How often does Gwen beat Malphite in Jungle?

Gwen into Malphite in Jungle: 52% observed win rate across 302 ranked games.

Global ranked sample: games from every region and every rank pooled together, not one server's stats. Data runs through patch 26.12; curves updated 2026-08-07.

By 15 minutes the median game has Gwen ahead by 227 gold.

Gwen at 15:00

Typical gap to Malphite, from 302 games that reached 15:00.

Does Gwen counter Malphite?

No counter here: Gwen sits at 52% over 302 games. The swing lives in the spots below, so play the side you know better and chase the row that moves the number the most in this lane, then hold that lead through the first back.

Beating Malphite: the Gwen game plan

A gold lead at 10:00 puts Gwen at 60% across 159 games. Flip the lead and Gwen falls to 43% across 143.

The spotWin rateGames
Ahead in gold at 10:0060%159
Behind in gold at 10:0043%143
First blood57%183
+kills at 10:0062%114
+CS at 10:0060%155
0 deaths at 10:0055%120
0 deaths at 15:0067%54

Someone usually dies here around 8:21 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 6:50. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.

Gwen's Jungle build, with receipts

Into Malphite specifically, Gwen finishes Dusk and Dawn first most often: 57.2% over 145 games of this matchup.

The most-finished core in this exact matchup is Dusk and Dawn, Nashor's Tooth, Riftmaker: 69.8% across 43 games.

The most-finished Gwen core is Dusk and Dawn, Nashor's Tooth, Riftmaker: 57.7% across 1,927 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 26.1-26.12.

Most games start Gustwalker Hatchling; the first finished item is usually Dusk and Dawn (8,804 games).

Skill plan: Gwen players max Q first and take Q at level 1.

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