Swain vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Swain
based on 6,737 Swain vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Kayn
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 Kayn
When Kayn is in terrain near you, you will get a visual warning on the edge of the terrain he's in.
Umbral Trespass requires Kayn to damage a target first. Try to dodge Blade's Reach to deny him a long range cast of Umbral Trespass.
Damage Kayn while he's in Shadow Step to shorten its duration, or apply hard crowd control (stun, charm, knockup, etc) to end Shadow Step immediately.
Swain vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Swain in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some vital Swain vs. Kayn matchup statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between the pair. Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kayn..
Swain typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes less damage than Kayn. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Swain and Kayn
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Who is Better, Swain or Kayn?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Swain usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kayn, with a 50.8% win rate. As a result, Swain makes an ok counter to Kayn.
While Swain does have a higher win rate compared to Kayn, when they face off with one another, Swain also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Swain into Kaynas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Swain has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayn. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Swain vs Kayn matchups, Swain is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Swain is a decent counter to Kayn. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Swain against Kayn.
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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 Kayn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain usually gets more CS as Kayn. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Swain versus Kayn build consist of Malignance, Riftmaker, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Kayn than with many other common builds. In fact, Swain had an average win rate of 50.8% when countering Kayn with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Kayn 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. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Swain vs Kayn fights, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.8% winrate overall.
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