Ezreal vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Ezreal
based on 8,265 Ezreal vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ezreal vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Ezreal vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Ezreal
Tips for Playing as Ezreal against Swain
Use Arcane Shift to help line up your other skill shots.
You can line up Trueshot Barrage to hit multiple minion waves or even Monsters.
You can play Ezreal either as a Attack Damage carry or Ability Power carry depending on how you build him.
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.
Ezreal vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Ezreal in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some important Ezreal vs. Swain matchup stats that can help you realize the differences between the two. Ezreal’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Swain’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Ezreal may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Swain..
Ezreal normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Swain. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ezreal and Swain
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Who is Better, Ezreal or Swain?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ezreal usually loses when taking on Swain, with a 46.8% win rate. Therefore, Ezreal makes a bad counter to Swain.
While Ezreal does have a lower win rate compared to Swain, when they face off with one another, Ezreal also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Ezreal into Swainas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Ezreal also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ezreal vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Ezreal is a bad counter for Swain. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ezreal against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Ezreal to counter Swain during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ezreal typically picks up more CS relative to Swain. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Ezreal versus Swain build include Muramana, Trinity Force, and Youmuu's Ghostblade. When Ezreal bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Swain than with many other common builds. In fact, Ezreal boasted an average win rate of 46.8% battling Swain with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Swain as Ezreal, Ezreal players should equip the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Ezreal vs Swain matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Swain as Ezreal are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.