Swain vs Jayce
How to Beat Jayce as Swain
based on 1,747 Swain vs Jayce matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Jayce Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Jayce Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jayce as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Jayce
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 Jayce
Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.
Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.
If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.
Swain vs Jayce Counter Stats
How to Counter Jayce with Swain in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some important Swain against Jayce matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jayce’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Jayce. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Swain typically has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Jayce. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Swain or Jayce?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Swain usually wins when taking on Jayce, with a 54.5% win rate. Thus, Swain makes a great counter to Jayce.
While Swain does have a much higher win rate compared to Jayce, when on opposite teams, Swain also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Swain into Jayceas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Swain also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jayce. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Swain vs Jayce 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 allies during teamfights.
Swain is a great counter for Jayce. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Swain against Jayce.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Swain to counter Jayce during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain typically gets less CS compared to Jayce. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Swain versus Jayce build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Jayce than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Swain had an average winrate of 54.5% battling Jayce with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating Jayce as Swain, you should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Swain vs Jayce matchups, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 54.5% winrate overall.
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