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How to Win Lillia vs Swain Counter MatchupLillia is in the s tier of champions

Lillia vs Swain

How to Beat Swain as Lillia in LoLLillia is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Swain as Lillia

based on 8,455 Lillia vs Swain matchups
Win Rate
54.7 %
K/D/A
2.91
Pick Rate
3.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of rated LoL games that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Swain as Lillia came out of an evaluation of 8455 ranked matches where both champs opposed one another. This champ pairing is somewhat rare. Lillia fights Swain in only 3.7% of her matches.

Lillia vs Swain Matchup Summary

Lillia does a great job of beating Swain. On average, she wins a fantastic 54.7% of matches the champs fight one another in. In Lillia vs Swain rounds, Lillia’s team is 0.1% less probable to obtain first blood. This indicates that she probably won't get first blood against Swain.

Best Lillia vs Swain Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandDark Seal

Core Lillia Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapCosmic DriveLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

CryptbloomZhonya's HourglassRylai's Crystal ScepterRiftmaker

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Lillia to level upq
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Second ability for Lillia to level upw
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Last skill for Lillia to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityCoup de Grace
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Lillia's passive ability p
Lillia's q ability q
Lillia's w ability w
Lillia's e ability e
Lillia's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Swain as Lillia

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.

Lillia vs Swain Counter Stats

Lillia Image
Win Rate
54.7 %
VS
Win Rate
45.3 %
Swain Image
7
< Kills >
5
5.5
< Deaths >
6.7
9
< Assists >
10.3
1.59
< Killing Sprees >
1.14
48
< Minions Killed >
101
1.34
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.37
891
< Physical Damage >
1,456
18,719
< Magic Damage >
20,076
5,476
< True Damage >
886
25,087
< Damage Dealt >
22,420
41,756
< Damage Taken >
32,382
12,374
< Gold Earned >
10,314
1.38
< Towers >
1.69
0.33
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
23,802
< Total Healing >
9,430
14,516
< Experience >
12,386
21
< Vision Score >
34
6
< Wards Placed >
15
430
< Time Dealing CC >
357

How to Counter Swain with Lillia in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several vital Lillia versus Swain counter statistics that may help you explain the differences between the pair. Lillia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Swain’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lillia may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Swain..

Lillia normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives more damage than Swain. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Lillia and Swain

Damage Types Compared

Lillia
Swain
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Lillia
Swain

Who is Better, Lillia or Swain?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lillia usually wins when facing off against Swain, with a 54.7% win rate. Therefore, Lillia makes a great counter to Swain.

While Lillia does have a much higher winrate compared to Swain, when facing one another, Lillia also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Lillia into Swainas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Lillia has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lillia vs Swain matchups, Lillia is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Lillia is a great counter to Swain. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Lillia against Swain.

Other Champion Matchups Against Lillia

Lillia Loses Against

FizzFizz49.4% winrateTeemoTeemo50.3% winrateBriarBriar50.6% winrateSennaSenna50.6% winrate

Lillia Wins Against

SejuaniSejuani61% winrateZeriZeri60.7% winrateRammusRammus59.3% winrateK'SanteK'Sante59.3% winrate

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Additional Information for Lillia Players

How We Calculated Our Lillia vs Swain Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Swain as Lillia, we analyzed 8,455 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Swain as Lillia comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Lillia Build Swain Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lillia in order to counter Swain during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Lillia on average racks up less CS compared to Swain. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, 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, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The best items to use in your Lillia versus Swain build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Cosmic Drive, and Liandry's Torment. When Lillia incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs Swain than with many other typical builds. In fact, Lillia had an average win rate of 54.7% when playing against Swain with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of annihilating Swain as Lillia, Lillia players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Waterwalking, and Celerity runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Lillia vs Swain LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 54.7% win rate overall.

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