Lux vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Lux
based on 14,665 Lux vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Swain Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Swain as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Swain
If you have trouble landing Prismatic Barrier, remember that it returns to you after it reaches max range. Try positioning yourself to hit your allies with its return trip.
Lux has great zone control abilities. Try to set up Lucent Singularity to prevent an enemy's advance or escape.
Lucent Singularity is a great scouting tool. Try throwing it into brush before walking into it to check for ambushes.
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.
Lux vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Lux in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several vital Lux vs. Swain counter stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Swain’s ratio of NaN, showing that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Swain..
Lux often has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Swain. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Lux or Swain?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lux usually fairs equally well when facing off against Swain, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Lux makes an ok counter for Swain.
While Lux does have a lower winrate than Swain, when they face off with one another, Lux also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Lux into Swain.
Moreover, Lux also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lux 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 team members during teamfights.
Lux is a somewhat poor counter to Swain. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lux against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Lux 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Swain. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Lux versus Swain build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Lux combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better countering Swain than with most other common item sets. In fact, Lux had an average winrate of 49.7% when playing against Swain with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Swain as Lux, Lux players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Lux vs Swain counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.7% winrate overall.
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