Dr. Mundo vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Dr. Mundo
based on 3,066 Dr. Mundo vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Dr. Mundo vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Dr. Mundo vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Dr. Mundo
Tips for Playing as Dr. Mundo against Swain
Cleavers are a powerful tool for killing neutral monsters. Instead of returning to base, farm neutral monsters until your ultimate can heal you.
A well-timed Sadism can bait enemy champions into attacking you even when they lack the damage to finish you.
Spirit Visage will increase the healing done by your ultimate and lower cooldowns on all of your abilities.
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.
Dr. Mundo vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Dr. Mundo in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some critical Dr. Mundo vs. Swain matchup stats that can help you figure out the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Dr. Mundo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Swain’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Dr. Mundo may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Swain..
Dr. Mundo usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Swain. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Dr. Mundo and Swain
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Who is Better, Dr. Mundo or Swain?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Dr. Mundo usually loses when facing off against Swain, with a 48.3% win rate. Therefore, Dr. Mundo makes a bad counter for Swain.
While Dr. Mundo does have a lower winrate compared to Swain, when facing one another, Dr. Mundo also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Dr. Mundo into Swain.
Moreover, Dr. Mundo has only a small 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Dr. Mundo 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.
Dr. Mundo is a somewhat poor counter for Swain. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Dr. Mundo against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Dr. Mundo 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 pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Dr. Mundo usually racks up more CS as Swain. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, 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 exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Dr. Mundo versus Swain build include Unending Despair, Spirit Visage, and Heartsteel. When Dr. Mundo included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Swain than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Dr. Mundo boasted an average win rate of 48.3% when countering Swain with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Swain as Dr. Mundo, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Magical Footwear runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Dr. Mundo vs Swain matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.3% win rate overall.
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