Swain vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Swain
based on 1,907 Swain vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Naafiri
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 Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Swain in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several critical Swain vs. Naafiri matchup statistics that can help you grasp the differences between the pair. For instance, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Naafiri’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Naafiri. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Swain typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Naafiri. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Swain or Naafiri?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Swain usually wins when playing against Naafiri, with a 54.2% win rate. As a result, Swain makes a great counter for Naafiri.
While Swain does have a much higher winrate than Naafiri, when they face off with one another, Swain also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Swain into Naafirias his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Swain also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Naafiri. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Swain vs Naafiri 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 team members during teamfights.
Swain is a great counter to Naafiri. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Swain against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Swain to counter Naafiri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain on average accumulates less CS compared to Naafiri. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Swain versus Naafiri build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Naafiri than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Swain boasted an average winrate of 54.2% when countering Naafiri with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Naafiri as Swain, Swain players should use 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 Naafiri battles, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 54.2% winrate overall.
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