Swain vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Swain
based on 3,215 Swain vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Soraka
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 Soraka
It's easier to focus Soraka than the ally she is healing.
Focus on attacking Soraka when she ever ventures to the frontline to heal her allies.
Take advantage of Soraka's long cooldown on Equinox if she uses it to harass.
Swain vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Swain in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several significant Swain vs. Soraka counter statistics that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Soraka’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Soraka. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Swain often has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Soraka. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Swain and Soraka
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Who is Better, Swain or Soraka?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Swain usually wins when playing against Soraka, with a 51.3% win rate. As a result, Swain makes a good counter for Soraka.
While Swain does have a higher winrate than Soraka, when facing one another, Swain also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Swain into Sorakaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Swain has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Soraka. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Swain vs Soraka matchups, Swain is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Swain is a decent counter for Soraka. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Swain against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Swain to counter Soraka during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain usually racks up much more CS relative to Soraka. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Swain versus Soraka build include Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Soraka than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Swain had an average win rate of 51.3% battling Soraka with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Soraka as Swain, you should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Swain vs Soraka matchups, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.3% win rate overall.
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