Swain vs Quinn
How to Beat Quinn as Swain
based on 1,807 Swain vs Quinn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Quinn Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Quinn as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Quinn
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 Quinn
After being marked, move away from Quinn so she can't take advantage of it.
Keep tabs on Quinn's position. Behind Enemy Lines can enable Valor to cross the map very quickly and attack you by surprise.
When Quinn is using Behind Enemy Lines, damaging her removes her Move Speed bonus temporarily.
Swain vs Quinn Counter Stats
How to Counter Quinn with Swain in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some significant Swain vs. Quinn matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Quinn’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Quinn. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Swain normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Quinn. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Swain or Quinn?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Swain usually wins when taking on Quinn, with a 52.9% win rate. As a result, Swain makes a good counter for Quinn.
While Swain does have a higher winrate than Quinn, when they face off with one another, Swain also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Swain into Quinnas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Swain also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Quinn. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Swain vs Quinn matchups, Swain is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Swain is a good counter to Quinn. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Swain against Quinn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Swain to counter Quinn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain most often gets less CS relative to Quinn. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Swain versus Quinn build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Swain incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Quinn than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Swain boasted an average win rate of 52.9% battling Quinn with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Quinn as Swain, Swain players should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Swain vs Quinn face-offs, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Quinn as Swain are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.