Swain vs Shaco
How to Beat Shaco as Swain
based on 4,980 Swain vs Shaco matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Shaco Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Shaco Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shaco as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Shaco
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 Shaco
If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.
If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.
Swain vs Shaco Counter Stats
How to Counter Shaco with Swain in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several critical Swain versus Shaco counter statistics that may help us explain the differences between the pair. For instance, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shaco’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Shaco..
Swain typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Shaco. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Swain and Shaco
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Who is Better, Swain or Shaco?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Swain usually wins when trying to fight Shaco, with a 52.1% win rate. As a result, Swain makes a good counter to Shaco.
While Swain does have a higher winrate compared to Shaco, when facing one another, Swain also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Swain into Shacoas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Swain has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shaco. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Swain vs Shaco matchups, Swain is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Swain is an above average counter to Shaco. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Swain against Shaco.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Swain in order to counter Shaco during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain on average accumulates more CS relative to Shaco. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Swain versus Shaco build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Riftmaker. When Swain combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Shaco than with most other common item sets. In fact, Swain boasted an average winrate of 52.1% battling Shaco with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Shaco as Swain, Swain players 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 Shaco battles, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.1% win rate overall.
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