Naafiri vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Naafiri
based on 1,907 Naafiri vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Swain
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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.
Naafiri vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Naafiri in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some valuable Naafiri versus Swain matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences between the two. Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Swain’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Swain..
Naafiri normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their enemy does. On average, they receives less damage than Swain. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Naafiri and Swain
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Swain?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually loses when facing off against Swain, with a 45.8% win rate. Thus, Naafiri makes a bad counter for Swain.
While Naafiri does have a much lower winrate than Swain, when on opposite teams, Naafiri also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less difficult character to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Naafiri into Swain.
Additionally, Naafiri has some 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Naafiri 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 allies during team fights.
Naafiri is a trash counter for Swain. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Naafiri against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Naafiri to counter Swain during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri typically racks up more CS compared to Swain. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Naafiri versus Swain build consist of Maw of Malmortius, Edge of Night, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri combined at least these three pieces in their build, they performed a lot better countering Swain than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Naafiri had an average win rate of 45.8% when countering Swain with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Swain as Naafiri, Naafiri players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Naafiri vs Swain battles, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 45.8% win rate overall.
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