Corki vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Corki
based on 1,434 Corki vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Corki vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Corki vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Corki
Tips for Playing as Corki against Swain
Valkyrie can be used defensively as well, so try using it for a quick escape.
Phosphorus Bomb can be used to reveal enemy units that might be hiding in a nearby patch of brush.
Corki can continue to attack while using Gatling Gun. Maximizing Gatling Gun is key to mastering Corki.
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.
Corki vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Corki in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several critical Corki vs. Swain matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences between the two. Corki’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Swain’s ratio of NaN, showing that Corki may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Swain..
Corki typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Swain. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Corki and Swain
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Who is Better, Corki or Swain?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Corki usually loses when facing off against Swain, with a 47.7% win rate. Thus, Corki makes a bad counter to Swain.
While Corki does have a lower win rate compared to Swain, when they face off with one another, Corki also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Corki into Swain.
Additionally, Corki also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Corki vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Corki is a terribly counter to Swain. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Corki against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Corki 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Corki often accumulates more CS compared to Swain. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to use in your Corki versus Swain build consist of Malignance, Spear of Shojin, and Eclipse. When Corki incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Swain than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Corki boasted an average win rate of 47.7% battling Swain with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Swain as Corki, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Corki vs Swain clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.7% win rate overall.
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