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How to Win Swain vs Lillia Counter MatchupSwain is in the b tier of champions

Swain vs Lillia

How to Beat Lillia as Swain in LoLSwain is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Lillia as Swain

based on 8,455 Swain vs Lillia matchups
Win Rate
45.3 %
K/D/A
2.28
Pick Rate
5.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated LoL games that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Lillia as Swain resulted from an evaluation of 8455 ranked rounds where both champs faced off against each other. This pairing is fairly uncommon. Swain encounters Lillia in only 5.9% of his matches.

Swain vs Lillia Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Swain does a pathetic job of countering Lillia. Typically, he wins a lowly 45.3% of the time the champs clash against one another in. In Swain against Lillia games, Swain’s team is 0.1% more probable to earn first blood, implying that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Lillia.

Best Swain vs Lillia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Swain Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterMalignanceSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

CryptbloomSpirit VisageJak'Sho, The ProteanZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Swain to level upq
>
Second ability for Swain to level upw
>
Last skill for Swain to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: TenacityLast Stand
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Ability HasteMagic ResistHealth Scaling
Swain's passive ability p
Swain's q ability q
Swain's w ability w
Swain's e ability e
Swain's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
Q
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
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Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Lillia as Swain

Tips for Playing as Swain against Lillia

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.

Swain vs Lillia Counter Stats

Swain Image
Win Rate
45.3 %
VS
Win Rate
54.7 %
Lillia Image
5
< Kills >
7
6.7
< Deaths >
5.5
10.3
< Assists >
9
1.14
< Killing Sprees >
1.59
101
< Minions Killed >
48
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
1.34
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.44
1,456
< Physical Damage >
891
20,076
< Magic Damage >
18,719
886
< True Damage >
5,476
22,420
< Damage Dealt >
25,087
32,382
< Damage Taken >
41,756
10,314
< Gold Earned >
12,374
1.69
< Towers >
1.38
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.33
9,430
< Total Healing >
23,802
12,386
< Experience >
14,516
34
< Vision Score >
21
15
< Wards Placed >
6
357
< Time Dealing CC >
430

How to Counter Lillia with Swain in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several important Swain vs. Lillia counter stats that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lillia’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Lillia..

Swain typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Lillia. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Swain and Lillia

Damage Types Compared

Swain
Lillia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Swain
Lillia

Who is Better, Swain or Lillia?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Swain usually loses when facing off against Lillia, with a 45.3% win rate. Therefore, Swain makes a poor counter for Lillia.

While Swain does have a much lower win rate compared to Lillia, when facing one another, Swain also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Swain into Lilliaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Swain has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lillia. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Swain vs Lillia matchups, Lillia is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Swain is a garbage counter for Lillia. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Swain against Lillia.

Additional Information for Swain Players

How We Calculated Our Swain vs Lillia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lillia as Swain, we analyzed 8,455 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Lillia as Swain comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Swain in order to counter Lillia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Swain on average gets more CS relative to Lillia. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Swain versus Lillia build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Solstice Sleigh. When Swain included at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Lillia than with many other typical builds. In fact, Swain had an average win rate of 45.3% when countering Lillia with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of crushing Lillia as Swain, you should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Swain vs Lillia clashes, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.3% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Lillia as Swain are given for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.