Kha'Zix vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Kha'Zix
based on 3,694 Kha'Zix vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kha'Zix vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Kha'Zix vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Kha'Zix
Tips for Playing as Kha'Zix against Swain
Enemies are considered isolated if they have no allies within a short distance. The damage of Taste Their Fear is massively increased against these targets.
Unseen Threat activates when Kha'Zix cannot be seen by the enemy team. Reactivate by using brush or Void Assault. Don't forget to apply Unseen Threat by autoattacking enemy champions.
Kha'Zix has a great deal of freedom to choose where and when to fight. Pick your battles carefully to succeed.
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.
Kha'Zix vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Kha'Zix in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some significant Kha'Zix against Swain counter stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Kha'Zix’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Swain’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kha'Zix may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Swain. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Kha'Zix normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Swain. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kha'Zix and Swain
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Who is Better, Kha'Zix or Swain?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kha'Zix usually loses when trying to fight Swain, with a 47.9% win rate. Therefore, Kha'Zix makes a bad counter for Swain.
While Kha'Zix does have a lower winrate compared to Swain, when facing one another, Kha'Zix also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kha'Zix into Swain.
Additionally, Kha'Zix has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Kha'Zix 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 allied champions during teamfights.
Kha'Zix is a garbage counter to Swain. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kha'Zix against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kha'Zix to counter Swain during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kha'Zix most often racks up a lot less CS as Swain. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Kha'Zix versus Swain build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Kha'Zix combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Swain than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kha'Zix boasted an average win rate of 47.9% when countering Swain with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Swain as Kha'Zix, you should take the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Kha'Zix vs Swain counter picks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.9% win rate overall.
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