AoE stands for Area of Effect, it means abilities that can effect an area or do splash damage basically.

While frost burn is a good item, Gwen already has a slow from buckshot bonanza, a speed boost to finish someone off with skidaddle, and a stun. I think that is enough slows for one sniper :3

That usually depends on whether or not they build armor.

Wow you seem bent on insulting him and his guides so I'd like to make a few points here.

1) I'd like to see you make a better guide
2) You're supposed to be helping people here, that's why this website exists lol
3) If you don't like it then go away or help make it better

I personally am not a big fan of hybrids. While it seems like it would work with players like Gwen, I find that it usually ends up not strong enough in either category. I think Skye maybe be the best equipped for a hybrid build since the ratios on her A are identical for WP and CP.

It was just a mistake on the check boxes. I'd say thanks for pointing it out, but since you're clearly just being a tool, I won't.

Well, this may become long and lengthy which apparently isn't what people like LOL, but I have no problem taking up more space. It's probably going to answer more than just your question, but oh well.

I've been a gamer for longer than most people who play this game have even been alive, LOL. I've spent a lot of that time playing RPGs and you can buy strategy guides for those games, and they give details you wouldn't even think to ask. By the time I started writing guides I'd been playing this game for a long time, so the guides that basically just offered item selections didn't interest me, I knew enough about item selection. Let's face it, if VG falls short somewhere it's in their items,VG doesn't have the largest item selection, and they haven't done the greatest job creating characters the thrive under different item builds. CP builds are typically cored around broken myth, WP builds are cored around breaking point. Obviously there are exceptions, but for the most part.

What I wanted from a guide were strategy and tactics. I also wanted to understand why. That's the origin of my statistic analysis. Was there really a reason everything was cored around a couple of items? Or was it just because people were copying people who were good. This is the reason my guides usually contain an aspect of "different", because I sought to use the numbers rather than just what works in the game. Admittedly, that's faultered a bit down the line.

So when I built my first guide, my Lyra guide, I wanted to include everything that I wanted to know from guides in my guide.

I don't write my guides in one go. My first guide was written over the course of a week. I save them as drafts as I progress through.

After my first couple guides, and I locked down the template I wanted to use, it became faster. Now a lot of it is copy and paste. My guides are probably around 40/50% c&p. There is information that doesn't change, but I can't assume everyone reads all of my guides, So information has to be repeated.

Another thing I do now is I prep my guides. When a new character is coming out I create a draft with everything that is copy and paste, and usually spend a week as I have time, leading up to the character release, changing names, editing things that are character specific, and getting the guide ready.

Distractions are going to happen, thought processes are good. When I get brain tired I take a break. Often I'll take a break and spend a few hours pondering over a section to decide extactly how I want to explain it. The fun part is that sometimes I spend that time playing the game. Playing the character I'm writing a guide on can refresh my perspective, or help me to clarify how to explain what I do.

So I don't sit down and do it all at once. The closest it comes is when a new character comes out. Getting my guide released on the day of release can become an all day event for me. So yes it takes a lot of time for me, but it's like a hobby for me. I enjoy the process.

Funny thing perspective isn't it? I'd recommend you not read my guides anymore, because this is what they are. I'll refrain from being insulting in return, but it's not going to change. Clearly far more people enjoy them than feel like you do. This is actually one of my shorter guides. If you want long you should look at my Samuel or Lyra guides. It's kind of funny that the "worst guide ever" is the highest voter guide for this character. There's a brain teaser for you.

He did say it was a 'COMPLETE GUIDE' so you should have expected a lot of info and analysis in this guide. If you want the basics of the hero instead of an in-depth analysis, go find it yourself. Besides, different people have different writing styles, some with more lengthy descriptions than others. If this doesn't suit you, go find one that suits your taste and preferences. Don't just insult others like that

Yeah I think it's kind of forcing the issue to make Gwen fit into the current meta. I think she's fun as hell to play, but just seems off for competitive play. I think they may actually need to shrink the cool down or something on her abilities if they want her relevant.