Swain vs Corki
How to Beat Corki as Swain
based on 1,434 Swain vs Corki matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Corki Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Corki Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Corki as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Corki
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 Corki
Watch out for Corki's Missile Barrage. They deal splash damage, so you can get hit even when hiding behind minions.
Corki is vulnerable after he uses his Valkyrie or Special Delivery, so try switching focus to him if he uses them to enter a fight.
Swain vs Corki Counter Stats
How to Counter Corki with Swain in LoL
The stats provided here feature several strategic Swain against Corki matchup stats that may help you explain the differences between the two. For instance, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Corki’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Corki..
Swain normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Corki. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Swain or Corki?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Swain usually wins when trying to fight Corki, with a 52.3% win rate. Thus, Swain makes a good counter to Corki.
While Swain does have a higher winrate than Corki, when they face off with one another, Swain also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Swain into Corkias his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Swain also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Corki. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Swain vs Corki 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 teammates during late stage team fights.
Swain is a good counter for Corki. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Swain against Corki.
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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 Corki during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain typically gets less CS compared to Corki. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Swain versus Corki build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs Corki than with many other common builds. In fact, Swain had an average winrate of 52.3% when countering Corki with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Corki as Swain, Swain players should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Swain vs Corki counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.3% win rate overall.
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