Annie vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Annie
based on 2,363 Annie vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Annie vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Annie vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Annie
Tips for Playing as Annie against Swain
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
Advice to Win Against Swain
Buying an item with Grievous Wounds will make Swain much easier to kill during his Demonic Ascension.
Swain's passive is very potent if you are immobilized. Make sure to be extra careful around enemies who have immobilizing effects.
High mobility counters all of Swain's basic abilities: Death's Hand does more damage the closer he is, Vision of Empire has a very long delay and Nevermove must start returning back to him to be dangerous.
Annie vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Annie in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some important Annie against Swain matchup statistics that may help you figure out the differences between this set of champions. Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Swain’s ratio of NaN, showing that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Swain..
Annie usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes less damage than Swain. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Annie and Swain
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Who is Better, Annie or Swain?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Annie usually fairs equally well when playing against Swain, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, Annie makes an ok counter to Swain.
While Annie does have a lower winrate compared to Swain, when they face off with one another, Annie also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Annie into Swain.
Moreover, Annie also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Swain. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Annie vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Annie is a somewhat poor counter to Swain. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Annie against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Annie to counter Swain during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Swain. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Annie versus Swain build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Shadowflame. When Annie incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better against Swain than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Annie boasted an average win rate of 49.1% battling Swain with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Swain as Annie, you should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Manaflow Band runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Annie vs Swain fights, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.1% win rate overall.
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