Use the CC from your abilities to land both of your Precision Protocol attacks on enemies.
Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Hookshot to pick off vulnerable targets.
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.
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several important Camille against Swain counter stats that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Camille’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Swain’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Camille may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Swain..
Camille normally has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Swain. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Camille usually loses when taking on Swain, with a 47.6% win rate. Therefore, Camille makes a poor counter for Swain.
While Camille does have a lower win rate than Swain, when facing one another, Camille also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex character to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Camille into Swain.
Additionally, Camille also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Camille 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 team fights.
Camille is a terribly counter for Swain. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Camille against Swain.
To truly master Camille in order to counter Swain during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Camille typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Swain. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Camille versus Swain build consist of Trinity Force, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Camille bought at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better against Swain than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Camille boasted an average winrate of 47.6% battling Swain with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Swain as Camille, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Camille vs Swain face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.6% win rate overall.
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