Ashe vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Ashe
based on 9,666 Ashe vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ashe vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Ashe vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Ashe
Tips for Playing as Ashe against Swain
Hawkshot reveals units in brush. If a team fight is occuring in the jungle it can give you a significant advantage.
Volley arrows are blocked by the first enemy they hit, so keep your distance to avoid having them all absorbed by enemy frontliners.
Try to fire Enchanted Crystal Arrow in the same direction enemies are moving, so it is more likely to hit.
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.
Ashe vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Ashe in LoL
The stats provided here show several significant Ashe vs. Swain matchup stats that can help us grasp the differences between the two. Ashe’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Swain’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ashe may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Swain..
Ashe often has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Swain. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ashe and Swain
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Who is Better, Ashe or Swain?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ashe usually loses when trying to fight Swain, with a 47.0% win rate. Therefore, Ashe makes a bad counter for Swain.
While Ashe does have a lower winrate than Swain, when they face off with one another, Ashe also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champion to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Ashe into Swain.
Furthermore, Ashe has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ashe vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Ashe is a trash counter to Swain. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Ashe against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Ashe in order to counter Swain during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ashe typically picks up a similar amount of CS as Swain. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Ashe versus Swain build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Ashe bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when facing Swain than with many other typical builds. In fact, Ashe boasted an average win rate of 47.0% when playing against Swain with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Swain as Ashe, Ashe players should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Approach Velocity runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Ashe vs Swain clashes, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.0% win rate overall.
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