Swain vs Jhin
How to Beat Jhin as Swain
based on 15,728 Swain vs Jhin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Jhin Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Jhin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jhin as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Jhin
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 Jhin
Jhin places invisible traps around the map. Watch where you step!
Jhin's attacks are quite potent, but he runs out of ammo after the 4th shot. Use this window to jump him and burst him down.
Deadly Flourish only roots those hit by one of Jhin's basic attacks, traps, or allies within the last 4 seconds.
Swain vs Jhin Counter Stats
How to Counter Jhin with Swain in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some valuable Swain vs. Jhin counter statistics that may help us understand the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jhin’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Jhin..
Swain normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Jhin. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Swain and Jhin
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Who is Better, Swain or Jhin?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Swain usually fairs equally well when facing off against Jhin, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Swain makes an ok counter for Jhin.
While Swain does have a lower winrate compared to Jhin, when facing one another, Swain also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Swain into Jhinas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Swain has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jhin. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Swain vs Jhin matchups, Jhin is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Swain is a somewhat poor counter for Jhin. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Swain against Jhin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Swain to counter Jhin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain usually picks up less CS relative to Jhin. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Swain versus Jhin build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Solstice Sleigh, and Riftmaker. When Swain included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better countering Jhin than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Swain had an average win rate of 49.8% battling Jhin with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Jhin as Swain, you should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Swain vs Jhin LoL games, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.8% winrate overall.
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