Swain vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Swain
based on 2,235 Swain vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Heimerdinger
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 Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Swain vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Swain in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several strategic Swain versus Heimerdinger counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Heimerdinger’s ratio of NaN, showing that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Heimerdinger..
Swain normally has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Heimerdinger. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Swain and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Swain or Heimerdinger?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Swain usually wins when taking on Heimerdinger, with a 51.5% win rate. As a result, Swain makes a good counter to Heimerdinger.
While Swain does have a higher win rate compared to Heimerdinger, when they face off with one another, Swain also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Swain into Heimerdingeras his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Swain also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. 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 in League of Legends, in Swain vs Heimerdinger matchups, Swain is the better champ with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Swain is a decent counter for Heimerdinger. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Swain against Heimerdinger.
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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 Heimerdinger during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Heimerdinger. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Swain versus Heimerdinger build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Heimerdinger than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Swain had an average winrate of 51.5% when playing against Heimerdinger with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Heimerdinger as Swain, you 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 builds players picked for Swain vs Heimerdinger face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.5% winrate overall.
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