Blitzcrank vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Blitzcrank
based on 5,440 Blitzcrank vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Swain
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
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.
Blitzcrank vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several significant Blitzcrank vs. Swain matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between the two. Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Swain’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Swain..
Blitzcrank typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Swain. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Swain
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Swain?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Blitzcrank usually loses when playing against Swain, with a 47.2% win rate. Thus, Blitzcrank makes a poor counter for Swain.
While Blitzcrank does have a lower win rate than Swain, when they face off with one another, Blitzcrank also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Blitzcrank into Swain.
Moreover, Blitzcrank also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Blitzcrank is a trash counter for Swain. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Blitzcrank against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Blitzcrank in order to counter Swain during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank most often gets a lot less CS compared to Swain. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Blitzcrank versus Swain build consist of Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Blitzcrank incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Swain than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Blitzcrank had an average win rate of 47.2% when playing against Swain with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Swain as Blitzcrank, Blitzcrank players should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Blitzcrank vs Swain counterpicks, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.2% winrate overall.
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