Who to play with Gwen — best team synergies

Your page says your spike comes from items rather than levels, and Living Forge (P) lets you buy and upgrade without ever walking home. Meanwhile Brittle from Bellows Breath (W) stretches crowd control by 30% and adds max-health magic damage on top.

You need time on target to stack Snip Snip! (Q), and Mega Adhesive (W) into Fling (E) is the chain that gives it to you. His poison under Insanity Potion (R) also applies grievous wounds, the answer to the duelists who out-heal your poke.

Snip Snip! (Q) wants four autos before it really pays: Unstoppable Force (R) holds their whole team in the air and hands them to you, while Ground Slam (E) cuts the attack speed of anyone punishing you while you stack.

All Out (R) drags a target away from their team and locks them into a duel, and you are the champion who does not lose that duel. Careful though: in Prime Form he gives up health and resistances, so the damage in those fifteen seconds has to be yours.

It depends on terrain: GNAR! (R) into a wall stuns the whole group and opens the full window to stack Snip Snip! (Q) untouched. In open ground it just throws them away from you, which is the opposite of what you want.

Hallowed Mist (W) is your only defensive tool, and if they catch you before it is down you have nothing at all. Hero's Entrance (R) lands on you from anywhere on the map, knocks up everyone around you and shields exactly that hole.

Ring of Frost (W) roots and Frozen Tomb (R) freezes right after: close to three motionless seconds on one target, which is the four autos Snip Snip! (Q) needs to land as true damage instead of a poke.

Your page says self-healing duelists beat you: Wither (W) strips that target's movement and attack speed for a very long time, so he neither out-heals you nor walks out of your range. Nasus is a mid laner on the China server.

Command: Protect (E) attached to you is the shield and resistances you lack while Hallowed Mist (W) is on cooldown, and Command: Shockwave (R) pulls the group into one spot: A Thousand Cuts (P) scales on health, so more bodies means more damage.

Niche but real: Slicing Maelstrom (R) keeps reapplying Mark of the Storm (P) and the third mark stuns, so the group stands still while you stack. He is barely picked, though, and without his ultimate he brings no lockdown at all.

He gives you the two things your page asks for: Chain of Corruption (R) roots and spreads, so you get the seconds you need to stack Snip Snip! (Q), and Hail of Arrows (E) cuts the healing of the duelists who otherwise outlast you.

Skip 'n Slash (E) is your only way in: Frost Shot (P) slows on every hit, so the target stops walking out of your range, and Enchanted Crystal Arrow (R) freezes them outright while you are still closing the distance.

Deadly Flourish (W) roots anyone an ally has just damaged, and the opening needle of Needlework (R) arms it from range. A rooted target is time on target, which is the only thing you actually need.

You peel for nobody, so you want a carry who saves herself: Featherstorm (R) makes her untargetable without asking you for anything. And three feathers from Bladecaller (E) root for 1.25 seconds the target you are already shredding.

Arc of Judgment (W) leaves a near-total slow, and inside it nobody escapes your range while you stack. She is fragile with no escape though, and you bring no peel: if they collapse on the two of you, you both die.

Dark Binding (Q) roots for a full two seconds, which is exactly the window that turns Snip Snip! (Q) from a poke into an execute. And Black Shield (E) eats the crowd control that catches you before Hallowed Mist (W) is down, which is how you die.

Twisted Advance (W) and Nature's Grasp (R) are two separate roots inside the same fight, and his page says they are worth nothing without someone to convert them: that someone is you, who lives on time spent on target.

Zenith Blade (E), Shield of Daybreak (Q) and Solar Flare (R) chained together hold a target longer than any other support can: long enough for four autos, Snip Snip! (Q) and all three Needlework (R) casts on the same body.

An Inspire (E) empowered by Mantra (P) hands you a shield and movement speed as you come in with Skip 'n Slash (E), covering the exact moment Hallowed Mist (W) is not there. Focused Resolve (W) meanwhile roots the target you need to stay on.

Whimsy (W) polymorphs whoever is jumping you for a second while the Mist is down, and Rampant Growth (R) adds health where you have no defenses. She is built to sit on the carry though, so take her only when you are the main threat.