Malphite vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Malphite
based on 5,587 Malphite vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Swain
Despite his abilities scaling on Armor, some games require Malphite to get Magic Resist. When those games occur, try getting Aegis of the Legion, Mercury's Treads, and Guardian Angel.
Armor naturally reduces the rate that attacks go through Granite Shield, so Brutal Strikes will strengthen the shield against physical damage.
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.
Malphite vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Malphite in LoL
The stats provided here feature several important Malphite against Swain matchup stats that may help you figure out the distinctions between the two. As an example, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Swain’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Swain..
Malphite usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Swain. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Swain
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Who is Better, Malphite or Swain?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually loses when playing against Swain, with a 45.4% win rate. Thus, Malphite makes a poor counter for Swain.
While Malphite does have a much lower winrate than Swain, when facing one another, Malphite also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Malphite into Swain.
Moreover, Malphite also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Malphite is a bad counter to Swain. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malphite against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malphite in order to counter Swain during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Swain. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Malphite versus Swain build include Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Hollow Radiance. When Malphite bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Swain than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 45.4% battling Swain with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Swain as Malphite, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Malphite vs Swain face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 45.4% win rate overall.
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