Gwen vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Gwen
based on 3,094 Gwen vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Swain
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her 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.
Gwen vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Gwen in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several valuable Gwen against Swain matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Swain’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Swain..
Gwen often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Swain. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gwen and Swain
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Who is Better, Gwen or Swain?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gwen usually fairs equally well when taking on Swain, with a 49.6% win rate. Therefore, Gwen makes an ok counter for Swain.
While Gwen does have a lower winrate than Swain, when they face off with one another, Gwen also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Gwen into Swain.
Furthermore, Gwen also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Gwen is a somewhat poor counter for Swain. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Gwen against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gwen in order to counter Swain during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen usually picks up more CS compared to Swain. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Gwen versus Swain build consist of Nashor's Tooth, Riftmaker, and Stormsurge. When Gwen bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Swain than with many other common builds. In fact, Gwen had an average winrate of 49.6% battling Swain with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Swain as Gwen, you should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Gwen vs Swain LoL games, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.6% winrate overall.
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