gwen mid > gwen top
After starting to play league about a year ago, Gwen has been one of my favorite champs, both gameplay wise and as a character. I always mostly played her Top and Jungle (when it has been in and out of meta for Gwungle). After the introduction of the mid role quest and the overwhelming flood of ranged top, I tried playing Gwen mid. In my experience, Gwen mid is SO much more peaceful and easy to carry on than top or jungle. 99 percent of top lane bruisers absolutely touch Gwen and the smallest mistake means you get violated by them on repeat with no counterplay. Especially in her recent state, it seems like neutral matchups from the past are now unplayable because of the AD bruiser item meta. I genuienly find more success playing against ranged characters in mid lane, farming 10 cs/min and participating in skirmishes with my jungler and roaming. It's so much more fun and less isolating. Has anyone also felt this experience?
In my opinion, it's a sign of a problem with the game and Gwen balancing in general, but I'm not sure how to even fix it. It's been pretty obvious over the past few years that AD bruisers have always been favored over AP skirmishers. AD bruiser items are simply superior... Don't get me wrong, I love playing Gwen, lots of build variety with full bruiser vs full burst, it just seems like they can't figure out a way to make her as reliable and consistent as her AD counterparts, and to compensate they just make her late-game damage OP to give incentive.