Swain vs Veigar
How to Beat Veigar as Swain
based on 5,239 Swain vs Veigar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Veigar Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Veigar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Veigar as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Veigar
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 Veigar
Dark Matter deals very high damage, but it can be avoided. Pay attention to the sound and visual indicator to be aware of when and where the spell will land.
Veigar's ultimate deals increased damage based on your missing health.
Event Horizon only stuns units on the edge. If you're inside the spell, you can still move and attack.
Swain vs Veigar Counter Stats
How to Counter Veigar with Swain in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several strategic Swain against Veigar matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Veigar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Veigar..
Swain typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Veigar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Swain and Veigar
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Who is Better, Swain or Veigar?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Swain usually wins when trying to fight Veigar, with a 51.2% win rate. As a result, Swain makes a good counter to Veigar.
While Swain does have a higher win rate compared to Veigar, when on opposite teams, Swain also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Swain into Veigaras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Swain has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Veigar. 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 in League of Legends, in Swain vs Veigar 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 team fights.
Swain is a decent counter for Veigar. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Swain against Veigar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Swain to counter Veigar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain typically gets less CS compared to Veigar. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Swain versus Veigar build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Solstice Sleigh. When Swain included at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Veigar than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Swain had an average winrate of 51.2% battling Veigar with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating Veigar as Swain, Swain players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Swain vs Veigar clashes, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.2% winrate overall.
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