Rengar vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Rengar
based on 4,770 Rengar vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rengar vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Rengar vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Rengar
Tips for Playing as Rengar against Swain
Make sure to take paths through brush when chasing opponents to take advantage of Rengar's passive.
Use Rengar's ultimate to find and assassinate high priority targets in team fights and skirmishes.
A lot of Rengar's power comes from empowered abilities he uses at the right moment - choose wisely!
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.
Rengar vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Rengar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several important Rengar versus Swain matchup stats that may help you realize the distinctions between these two champs. Rengar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Swain’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Rengar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Swain..
Rengar typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Swain. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Rengar and Swain
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Who is Better, Rengar or Swain?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rengar usually loses when taking on Swain, with a 46.5% win rate. Therefore, Rengar makes a bad counter for Swain.
While Rengar does have a lower winrate than Swain, when on opposite teams, Rengar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Rengar into Swainas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Rengar has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rengar vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Rengar is a trash counter to Swain. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rengar against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Rengar to counter Swain during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rengar typically racks up less CS compared to Swain. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Rengar versus Swain build include Axiom Arc, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Rengar bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs. Swain than with most other common builds. In fact, Rengar boasted an average winrate of 46.5% when playing against Swain with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Swain as Rengar, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Rengar vs Swain counter picks, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.5% winrate overall.
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