Nunu & Willump vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Nunu & Willump
based on 3,241 Nunu & Willump vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nunu & Willump vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Swain
Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.
You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.
It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.
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.
Nunu & Willump vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Nunu & Willump in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several significant Nunu & Willump against Swain matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Swain’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Swain..
Nunu & Willump normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Swain. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nunu & Willump and Swain
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Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Swain?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually loses when trying to fight Swain, with a 43.1% win rate. Therefore, Nunu & Willump makes a poor counter for Swain.
While Nunu & Willump does have a much lower win rate compared to Swain, when on opposite teams, Nunu & Willump also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Nunu & Willump into Swain.
Furthermore, Nunu & Willump has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump 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 team members during late stage team fights.
Nunu & Willump is a garbage counter for Swain. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nunu & Willump against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nunu & Willump 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 listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump usually racks up a lot less CS relative to Swain. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Nunu & Willump versus Swain build include Frozen Heart, Liandry's Torment, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Nunu & Willump included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Swain than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average winrate of 43.1% when countering Swain with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Swain as Nunu & Willump, you should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Nunu & Willump vs Swain clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 43.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Swain as Nunu & Willump are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.