Swain vs Twitch
How to Beat Twitch as Swain
based on 5,528 Swain vs Twitch matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Twitch Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Twitch Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Twitch as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Twitch
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 Twitch
Spell Shields won't block the damage from Deadly Venom, but they will block the effects Twitch can trigger with it.
If you suspect Twitch has left the lane, let your teammates know that Twitch is ''MIA.''
Twitch is fragile. Work with teammates to focus on him when you're able to catch him out of Camouflage.
Swain vs Twitch Counter Stats
How to Counter Twitch with Swain in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some valuable Swain versus Twitch matchup stats that can help us figure out the differences between this pair of champions. Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Twitch’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Twitch..
Swain often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Twitch. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Swain and Twitch
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Who is Better, Swain or Twitch?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Swain usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Twitch, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Swain makes an ok counter for Twitch.
While Swain does have a lower win rate compared to Twitch, when facing one another, Swain also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Swain into Twitchas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Swain has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Twitch. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Swain vs Twitch matchups, Twitch is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Swain is a somewhat poor counter to Twitch. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Swain against Twitch.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Swain to counter Twitch 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 listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Twitch. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They 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, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Swain versus Twitch build include Malignance, Cryptbloom, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Twitch than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Swain boasted an average winrate of 49.5% when countering Twitch with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Twitch as Swain, you should take 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 picked for Swain vs Twitch matchups, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.5% win rate overall.
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