Gangplank vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Gangplank
based on 1,976 Gangplank vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Swain
Try placing Cannon Barrage on the path of escape to cut off fleeing enemies.
Parrrley applies On Hit effects like Frozen Mallet or Black Cleaver.
Paying attention to low-health enemies on the map can land you a surprise kill with Cannon Barrage.
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.
Gangplank vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Gangplank in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some strategic Gangplank vs. Swain matchup statistics that can help us grasp the distinctions between these two champions. Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Swain’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Swain..
Gangplank often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Swain. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gangplank and Swain
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Swain?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when playing against Swain, with a 45.9% win rate. Therefore, Gangplank makes a poor counter for Swain.
While Gangplank does have a much lower winrate compared to Swain, when they face off with one another, Gangplank also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Gangplank into Swainas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Gangplank also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Gangplank is a garbage counter for Swain. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gangplank against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank 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 shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank most often gets more CS as Swain. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Gangplank versus Swain build include Mortal Reminder, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs Swain than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Gangplank had an average winrate of 45.9% when countering Swain with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Swain as Gangplank, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Gangplank vs Swain counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 45.9% winrate overall.
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