Swain vs Pyke
How to Beat Pyke as Swain
based on 4,848 Swain vs Pyke matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Pyke Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pyke as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Pyke
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 Pyke
Pyke regenerates a significant amount of damage he has taken from enemy champions, but only when you can't see him!
When Pyke is hidden nearby in his Ghostwater Dive, sharks will circle underneath your feet.
Try not to stand near low health allies. If Pyke executes them using Death From Below, you might be next on the list.
Swain vs Pyke Counter Stats
How to Counter Pyke with Swain in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some vital Swain vs. Pyke counter stats that can help us figure out the differences between the pair. Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Pyke’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Pyke..
Swain typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Pyke. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Swain and Pyke
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Who is Better, Swain or Pyke?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Swain usually wins when taking on Pyke, with a 53.3% win rate. As a result, Swain makes a great counter to Pyke.
While Swain does have a higher winrate than Pyke, when they face off with one another, Swain also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Swain into Pykeas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Swain has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pyke. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Swain vs Pyke 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 allied champions during team fights.
Swain is a great counter for Pyke. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Swain against Pyke.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Swain to counter Pyke during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain most often racks up more CS compared to Pyke. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Swain versus Pyke build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Pyke than with most other common item sets. In fact, Swain had an average winrate of 53.3% when countering Pyke with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing Pyke as Swain, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Swain vs Pyke battles, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.3% winrate overall.
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