Swain vs Cho'Gath
How to Beat Cho'Gath as Swain
based on 3,299 Swain vs Cho'Gath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Cho'Gath Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Cho'Gath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Cho'Gath as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Cho'Gath
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 Cho'Gath
Focus on preventing Cho'Gath from reaching his max size.
Purchasing a few HP items decreases the chances of Cho'Gath killing you quickly.
Rupture has a smoke cloud indicating the area it will strike. Try to watch out for it to prevent Cho'Gath from being able to combo his abilities.
Swain vs Cho'Gath Counter Stats
How to Counter Cho'Gath with Swain in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some strategic Swain vs. Cho'Gath matchup stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Cho'Gath’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Cho'Gath. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Swain usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Cho'Gath. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Swain and Cho'Gath
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Who is Better, Swain or Cho'Gath?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Swain usually wins when taking on Cho'Gath, with a 53.7% win rate. As a result, Swain makes a great counter for Cho'Gath.
While Swain does have a higher winrate than Cho'Gath, when they face off with one another, Swain also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Swain into Cho'Gathas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Swain also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Cho'Gath. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Swain vs Cho'Gath matchups, Swain is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Swain is a great counter to Cho'Gath. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Swain against Cho'Gath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Swain to counter Cho'Gath 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 suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Cho'Gath. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to use in your Swain versus Cho'Gath build consist of Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Cho'Gath than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Swain boasted an average winrate of 53.7% battling Cho'Gath with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Cho'Gath 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 runes we have analyed for Swain vs Cho'Gath counters, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.7% win rate overall.
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