Gwen's attacks deal bonus magic damage based on the targets health. She heals for a portion of the damage dealt to champions by this effect.
QSnip Snip!6.5/5.75/5/4.25/3.5s40
Gwen snips her scissors in a cone up to 6 times dealing magic damage. Gwen deals true damage to units in the center and applies her passive to them on each snip.
WHallowed Mist22/21/20/19/18s60
Gwen summons mist that protects her from enemies outside of it. She can only be targeted by enemies who enter the mist.
ESkip 'n Slash13/12.5/12/11.5/11s35
Gwen dashes a short distance then gains Attack Speed, attack range, and magic damage On-Hit for a few seconds. If she hits an enemy during that time, this Ability's cooldown is partially refunded.
Patch history
26.16 · Aug 12, 2026
A Thousand Cuts
Post-mitigation damage healing against champions increased to 67% from 50%.
Maximum base healing against champions increased to 12 to 40 from 10 to 25.
Maximum AP ratio healing against champions 7% AP from 6.5% AP.
26.12 · Jun 10, 2026
Snip Snip!
Base damage per snip increased to 10 to 26 from 10 to 24.
Skip 'n Slash
Bonus attack speed increased to 30 to 80% from 20 to 80
Base stats
Health620 +115/lvl
Mana330 +40/lvl
Attack Damage63 +3/lvl
Attack Speed0.69 +2.25/lvl
Armor39 +4.9/lvl
Magic Resist32 +2.05/lvl
Base Health Regen9 +0.9/lvl
Base Mana Regen7.5 +0.7/lvl
Move Speed340
Range150
Melee · Resource: Mana
RNeedlework120/100/80s100
Gwen hurls a needle that slows enemies hit, deals magic damage, and applies A Thousand Cuts to champions hit.
This ability can be cast up to two more times, with each cast throwing additional needles and dealing more damage.
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26.9 · Apr 29, 2026
Skip 'n Slash
Bug Fix: Now properly counts as an attack reset for Hail of Blades.
26.4 · Feb 19, 2026
Snip Snip!
Base damage per snip reduced to 10 to 24 from 10 to 30.
Minion damage increased to 80% from 75%.
Needlework
Base damage per needle reduced to 30 to 70 from 35 to 95.
26.2 · Jan 22, 2026
A Thousand Cuts
Base monster damage cap reduced to 3 from 5.
Monster damage cap AP ratio reduced to 5% AP from 10% AP.
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25.24 · Dec 3, 2025
General
Bug Fix: Corrected Recall animation.
25.21 · Oct 22, 2025
Stats
Base health increased to 620 from 600.
Health growth increased to 115 from 110.
Base armor increased to 39 from 33.
Attack speed growth reduced to 2.25% from 2.5%.
A Thousand Cuts
Damage AP ratio increased to 0.6% per 100 AP from 0.55% per 100 AP.
Snip Snip!
AP ratio per small snip increased to 5% AP from 2% AP.
Hallowed Mist
Base bonus resistances increased to 22 to 30 from 22 at all ranks.
Cooldown reduced to 22 to 18 seconds from 24 to 18.
Skip 'n Slash
Base on-hit damage changed to 15 at all ranks from 8 to 20.
On-hit AP ratio reduced to 20% AP from 25% AP.
Cooldown increased to 13 to 11 seconds from 12 to 8.
Cooldown refund changed to 25 to 65% from 50% at all ranks.
Needlework
Base damage per needle increased to 35 to 95 from 30 to 90.
AP ratio per needle increased to 10% AP from 8% AP.
Initial slow strength increased to 40 to 60% from 30 to 60%.
25.17 · Aug 27, 2025
Stats
Base armor reduced to 33 from 36.
Attack speed growth increased to 2.5% from 2.25%.
Needlework
Initial slow reduced to 30 to 60% from 60% at all ranks.
Subsequent slow reduced to 15 to 25% from 25% at all ranks.
25.16 · Aug 13, 2025
Hallowed Mist
Bug Fix: Casting Hallowed Mist to nullify the displacement of Dark Procession spawning no longer causes Gwen to glitch inside it when attempting to move or dash away.
25.12 · Jun 11, 2025
Stats
Base health reduced to 600 from 620.
Hallowed Mist
Cooldown increased to 24 to 18 seconds from 22 to 18.
25.9 · Apr 30, 2025
Stats
Armor growth reduced to 4.9 from 5.2.
A Thousand Cuts
Monster damage cap AP ratio reduced to 10% AP from 15% AP.
Bug Fix: Tooltip now notes the ability's healing cap.
Snip Snip!
AP ratio per small snip reduced to 2% AP from 5% AP.
25.8
Skip 'n Slash
On-hit base damage reduced to 8 to 20 from 12 to 20.
25.7
Snip Snip!
Final snip base damage reduced to 60 to 160 from 70 to 170.
Bug Fix: Tooltip now notes the proper damage values instead of incorrectly noting each small snip as dealing "20% of the big snip damage".
Hallowed Mist
Base bonus resistances reduced to 22 from 25.
Resistances AP ratio increased to 7% AP from 5% AP.
Needlework
Bug Fix: No longer displays debug text.
25.6
Stats
Base health reduced to 620 from 650.
Base armor reduced to 36 from 39.
Stats
Base health increased to 650 from 620.
Health growth reduced to 110 from 115.
A Thousand Cuts
AP ratio reduced to 0.55% per 100 AP from 0.6% per 100 AP.
Base monster damage cap reduced to 5 from 10.
Snip Snip!
Final snip base damage increased to 70 to 170 from 60 to 160.
Hallowed Mist
14.21
A Thousand Cuts
AP ratio reduced to 0.6% per 100 AP from 0.72% per 100 AP.
14.17
Needlework
Bug Fix: No longer ignores Malignance Hatefog's per-target cooldown.
14.12
Hallowed Mist
Bug Fix: Now properly nullifies Syndra Scatter the Weak + Dark Sphere combo.
14.9
Hallowed Mist
Bug Fix: Ability power from conversions and adaptive force is now properly included in the ratio calculations.
14.2
A Thousand Cuts
AP ratio increased to 0.72% per 100 AP from 0.65%.
14.1
A Thousand Cuts
AP ratio reduced to 0.65% per 100 AP from 0.8%.
13.18
Stats
Health growth increased to 115 from 106.
A Thousand Cuts
Maximum monster base damage increased to 10 from 6.
Maximum monster AP ratio increased to 15% AP from 10% AP.
13.15
Stats
Base health regeneration increased to 9 from 8.5.
Hallowed Mist
Base bonus resistances increased to 22 to 30 from 17 to 25.
12.20
Snip Snip!
Base damage per snip increased to 10 to 30 from 10 to 26.
Final snip base damage increased to 60 to 160 from 60 to 140.
12.15
Snip Snip!
True damage conversion reduced to 50% from 75%.
12.13
Stats
Base health reduced to 620 from 660.
A Thousand Cuts
Healing reduced to 50% from 60%.
Needlework
Cooldown increased to 120 to 80 seconds from 100 to 80.
Stats
Health regeneration growth increased to 0.9 from 0.55.
A Thousand Cuts
Maximum base damage against monsters reduced to 6 from 10.
Maximum AP ratio against monsters reduced to 10% AP from 15% AP.
Snip Snip!
12.11
Hallowed Mist
Base bonus resistances reduced to 12 to 20 from 20 at all ranks.
Cooldown increased to 22 to 18 seconds from 22 to 14.
Skip 'n Slash
Cooldown refund reduced to 50% from 60%.
12.10
Stats
Base health increased to 660 from 590.
Health growth increased to 109 from 95.
Armor growth increased to 5.2 from 4.
Magic resistance growth increased to 2.05 from 1.25.
A Thousand Cuts
Healing reduced to 60% from 70%.
Maximum base heal reduced to 10 to 25 from 12 to 30.
Maximum heal AP ratio reduced to 6.5% AP from 7% AP.
12.7
Skip 'n Slash
Cooldown refund increased to 60% from 50%.
Needlework
Cooldown reduced to 100 to 80 seconds from 120 to 80.
12.5
A Thousand Cuts
Maximum AP ratio against monsters reduced to 15% AP from 25% AP.
Skip 'n Slash
Bonus attack range reduced to 50 from 100.
11.24
Stats
Base health increased to 590 from 550.
Health growth increased to 95 from 90.
11.19
Stats
Base health regeneration increased to 8.5 from 7.
11.15
Skip 'n Slash
Bonus attack speed reduced to 20 to 80% from 40 to 80%.
11.11
Hallowed Mist
Undocumented/Bug Fix: Enemy champions who had Gwen as their target for attacks before starting a channel will no longer interrupt their channel to attempt to attack Gwen when she enters her Hallowed Mist.
11.9
Skip 'n Slash
Undocumented/Bug Fix: Now properly counts as an attack reset for Hail of Blades.
11.8
Stats
Base armor increased to 39 from 37.
Snip Snip!
Base damage per snip increased to 9 to 21 from 8 to 19.
Final snip base damage increased to 45 to 105 from 40 to 95.
A Thousand Cuts (Innate)
Innate:Gwen's basic attacks, the center of Snip Snip!, and Needlework deal bonus magic damage equal to 1%(+ 0.8% per 100 AP)of the target's maximum health.
A Thousand Cuts is modified based on the target:
Base bonus resistances changed to 25 at all ranks from 22 to 30.
Resistances AP ratio reduced to 5% AP from 7% AP.
Skip 'n Slash
Base damage changed to 12 to 20 from 15 at all ranks.
AP ratio increased to 25% AP from 20% AP.
Cooldown reduced to 12 to 8 seconds from 13 to 11.
Cooldown refund changed to 50% at all ranks from 25 to 65%.
Needlework
Base damage per needle reduced to 30 to 90 from 35 to 95.
AP ratio per needle reduced to 8% AP from 10% AP.
Initial slow increased to 60% at all ranks from 40 to 60%.
Subsequent slow increased to 25% at all ranks from 15 to 25%.
Base damage per snip increased to 10 to 26 from 9 to 21.
Final snip base damage increased to 60 to 140 from 45 to 105.
Final snip AP ratio increased to 35% AP from 25% AP.
True damage conversion reduced to 75% from 100%.
Damage against minions reduced to 75% from 100%.
New Effect: Now executes minions below 20% health.
Hallowed Mist
Duration reduced to 4 seconds from 5.
Base bonus resistances increased to 17 to 25 from 12 to 20.
AP ratio increased to 7% AP from 5% AP.
Skip 'n Slash
Cooldown refund changed to 25 to 65% from 50% at all ranks.
Cooldown increased to 13 to 11 seconds from 13 to 9.
Bonus attack range increased to 75 from 50.
Base damage increased to 15 from 10.
AP ratio increased to 20% AP from 15% AP.
Needlework
Base damage per needle increased to 35 to 95 from 30 to 80.
AP ratio per needle increased to 10% AP from 8% AP.
Removed: No longer needs, within 6 seconds, to basic attack (which has an uncancellable windup) or hit a target with Snip Snip! to unlock further casts.
New Effect: Now has a 1-second static cooldown between casts.
HealsGwen for 70% of post-mitigation damage dealt against champions.
Deals an additional 8 to 30bonus magic damage against minions that are below 40% of their maximum health.
Deals a maximum of 10 (+ 25% AP) magic damage against monsters.
Snip Snip! (Q)
Passive:Gwen's basic attacks on-hit grant a stack of Snippy for 6 seconds, stacking up to 4 times. Subsequent attacks refresh the duration on-hit.
Active:Gwen snips at least twice with her scissors in a cone in the target direction over the cast time, dealing 8 to 19(+ 5% AP)magic damage per snip to all enemies within the area. The final snip deals 40 to 95(+ 25% AP) damage.
If she has any Snippy stacks, she consumes each one to snip an additional time.
The center of each snip deals true damage instead and applies A Thousand Cuts.
Mana Cost: 40.
Cooldown:6.5 to 3.5 seconds.
Cast Time: 0.5 seconds.
Hallowed Mist (W)
Active:Gwen summons the Hallowed Mist around her, lasting for 5 seconds or until she leaves the area. Hallowed Mist can be recast once after 0.5 seconds for the duration, and does so automatically if Gwen attempts to leave the area.
While inside the mist, Gwen gains ghosting, 20 (+ 5% AP)bonus armor and bonus magic resistance and is untargetable to all enemies (except turrets) outside of the mist.
Recast:Gwen commands the mist to move to her current location.
Mana Cost: 60.
Cooldown:22 to 14 seconds.
Effect Radius: 480.
Speed: 2000.
Cast Time: None.
Skip 'n Slash (E)
Active:Gwendashes to the target location, and afterwards she gains 10 to 30(+ 8% AP)bonus magic damageon-hit on her basic attacks, 40 to 80% bonus attack speed and 100 bonus attack range for 4 seconds.
Gwen's first basic attack within the duration refunds 50% of Skip 'n Slash's cooldown.
Skip 'n SlashresetsGwen's basic attack timer.
Skip 'n Slash can be cast during any of Gwen's abilities, and vice versa.
Mana Cost: 35.
Cooldown:13 to 9 seconds.
Target Range: 350 / 450.
Cast Time: None.
Needlework (R)
Active:Gwen can activate Needlework up to 3 times, launching needles in the target direction with each cast. Each needle deals 30 to 80(+ 8% AP)magic damage and applies A Thousand Cuts to enemies it passes through, in addition to slowing them by 40 to 60% for 1.5 seconds. For each individual target, needle hits beyond the first slow by 15 to 25%.
Within 6 seconds after the first cast, Gwen needs to hit a basic attack or Snip Snip! to unlock the second cast. After using the second cast, the duration is refreshed and she may repeat the aforementioned actions to unlock the third cast. Both the second and third casts are only available for the remaining duration. Each subsequent cast increases the amount of needles launched by 2.
