Galio vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Galio
based on 4,119 Galio vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Galio vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Galio vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Galio
Tips for Playing as Galio against Swain
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
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.
Galio vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Galio in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several important Galio versus Swain counter stats that can help you appreciate the differences between these two champs. As an example, Galio’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Swain’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Galio may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Swain..
Galio typically has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Swain. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Galio and Swain
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Who is Better, Galio or Swain?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Galio usually loses when taking on Swain, with a 47.8% win rate. Thus, Galio makes a poor counter to Swain.
While Galio does have a lower win rate than Swain, when on opposite teams, Galio also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Galio into Swain.
Additionally, Galio also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Galio 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 teammates during late stage team fights.
Galio is a terribly counter to Swain. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Galio against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Galio in order to counter Swain during both the lane 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 listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Galio typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Swain. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Galio versus Swain build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Galio incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Swain than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Galio boasted an average win rate of 47.8% when playing against Swain with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Swain as Galio, you should use the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Galio vs Swain counters, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.8% winrate overall.
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