Caitlyn vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Caitlyn
based on 13,911 Caitlyn vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Swain
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several valuable Caitlyn versus Swain counter statistics that may help us distinguish the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Swain’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Swain..
Caitlyn usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Swain. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Caitlyn and Swain
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Swain?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Caitlyn usually loses when trying to fight Swain, with a 48.1% win rate. Thus, Caitlyn makes a bad counter for Swain.
While Caitlyn does have a lower win rate than Swain, when they face off with one another, Caitlyn also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Swain.
Moreover, Caitlyn also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Swain. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Caitlyn 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 team members during teamfights.
Caitlyn is a somewhat poor counter to Swain. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Caitlyn against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Caitlyn to counter Swain during both the lane 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 tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn most often gets more CS compared to Swain. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Caitlyn versus Swain build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Caitlyn used at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Swain than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Caitlyn had an average win rate of 48.1% when playing against Swain with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Swain as Caitlyn, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Caitlyn vs Swain battles, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.1% win rate overall.
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