Swain vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Swain
based on 6,506 Swain vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Ekko
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 Ekko
The second hit of Timewinder does more damage than the first; try to avoid it.
Ekko is significantly weaker when his ultimate is down. Watch for the trail he leaves behind to determine if Chronobreak is available.
Ekko's stun zone takes 3 seconds to arm. Watch for the image he creates on cast and try to guess where the zone was placed.
Swain vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Swain in LoL
The stats shown here feature several significant Swain against Ekko matchup stats that can help you appreciate the differences between the two. Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ekko’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ekko..
Swain normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Ekko. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Swain and Ekko
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Who is Better, Swain or Ekko?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Swain usually fairs equally well when playing against Ekko, with a 50.6% win rate. As a result, Swain makes an ok counter for Ekko.
While Swain does have a higher win rate than Ekko, when they face off with one another, Swain also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Swain into Ekkoas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Swain has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ekko. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Swain vs Ekko matchups, Swain is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Swain is a decent counter for Ekko. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Swain against Ekko.
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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 Ekko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain often gets a similar amount of CS as Ekko. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Swain versus Ekko build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Riftmaker, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Ekko than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Swain had an average winrate of 50.6% when countering Ekko with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Ekko as Swain, Swain players 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 sets we have analyed for Swain vs Ekko matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Ekko as Swain are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to an individual rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.