Ivern vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Ivern
based on 1,480 Ivern vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ivern vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Ivern vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Ivern
Tips for Playing as Ivern against Swain
Use Brushmaker to set up future ambush spots!
Try to help allies follow up a good Rootcaller hit with Triggerseed!
Daisy can block skillshots and slow down enemies. Use her to peel for your teammates!
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.
Ivern vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Ivern in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some strategic Ivern vs. Swain matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences between the pair. Ivern’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Swain’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Ivern may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Swain..
Ivern often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Swain. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ivern and Swain
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Who is Better, Ivern or Swain?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ivern usually fairs equally well when taking on Swain, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Ivern makes an ok counter to Swain.
While Ivern does have a lower win rate compared to Swain, when facing one another, Ivern also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ivern into Swainas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Ivern has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Swain. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ivern vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Ivern is a somewhat poor counter for Swain. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ivern against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ivern in order to counter Swain during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ivern on average gets a lot less CS compared to Swain. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities 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 surpass the values reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Ivern versus Swain build include Redemption, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore. When Ivern used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Swain than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Ivern had an average win rate of 49.8% when countering Swain with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Swain as Ivern, Ivern players should take the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cosmic Insight, and Future's Market runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Ivern vs Swain face-offs, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.8% winrate overall.
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