Swain vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Swain
based on 2,363 Swain vs Annie matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Annie as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Annie
While laning, try to use Death's Hand's piercing damage to damage opponents from a safe distance.
Vision of Empire is quite difficult to land on its own, look for skirmishes around the map where enemies may be distracted or crowd controlled so you can land it more easily.
If you're having trouble rooting an enemy with Nevermove, try throwing it at opponents when they are near their minions so the explosion surprises them.
Demonic Ascension may make Swain very hard to kill but he's pretty easy to get away from. Try building items that can slow opponents to keep them in range if their mobility is overwhelming.
Advice to Win Against Annie
Annie's summoned bear, Tibbers, burns opposing units around himself. Try to keep your distance from him after he's been summoned.
Keep an eye out for a white, swirling power around Annie. It means she's ready to unleash her stun.
Summoner Smite can be used to help take down Tibbers.
Swain vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Swain in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some valuable Swain versus Annie counter stats that can help us understand the differences between the two. Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Annie’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Annie..
Swain typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Annie. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Swain and Annie
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Who is Better, Swain or Annie?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Swain usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Annie, with a 50.9% win rate. Therefore, Swain makes an ok counter for Annie.
While Swain does have a higher winrate compared to Annie, when on opposite teams, Swain also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Swain into Annieas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Swain has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Annie. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Swain vs Annie matchups, Swain is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Swain is a decent counter to Annie. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Swain against Annie.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Swain in order to counter Annie during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Annie. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Swain versus Annie build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Swain included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Annie than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Swain had an average winrate of 50.9% battling Annie with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Annie as Swain, you should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Swain vs Annie LoL games, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.9% winrate overall.
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