Soraka vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Soraka
based on 3,215 Soraka vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Swain
Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
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.
Soraka vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Soraka in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several valuable Soraka versus Swain matchup stats that may help you interpret the differences between the pair. For instance, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Swain’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Swain. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Soraka normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Swain. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Soraka and Swain
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Who is Better, Soraka or Swain?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Soraka usually loses when trying to fight Swain, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Soraka makes a bad counter to Swain.
While Soraka does have a lower win rate than Swain, when they face off with one another, Soraka also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Soraka into Swain.
Additionally, Soraka also has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Swain. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Soraka is a somewhat poor counter for Swain. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Soraka against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Soraka in order to counter Swain during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka most often accumulates a lot less CS relative to Swain. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Soraka versus Swain build include Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Moonstone Renewer. When Soraka used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better countering Swain than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Soraka had an average winrate of 48.7% battling Swain with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Swain as Soraka, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Soraka vs Swain counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.7% win rate overall.
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