Swain vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Swain
based on 5,579 Swain vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Xerath
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 Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Swain vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Swain in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some significant Swain against Xerath counter stats that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xerath’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Xerath..
Swain usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Xerath. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Swain and Xerath
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Who is Better, Swain or Xerath?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Swain usually loses when trying to fight Xerath, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Swain makes a poor counter to Xerath.
While Swain does have a lower win rate than Xerath, when they face off with one another, Swain also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Swain into Xerathas 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 CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xerath. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Swain vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Swain is a somewhat poor counter for Xerath. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Swain against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Swain to counter Xerath during both the laning 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 suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Xerath. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities 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 exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Swain versus Xerath build include Spirit Visage, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Xerath than with many other common item sets. In fact, Swain boasted an average win rate of 48.5% battling Xerath with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Xerath as Swain, Swain players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Swain vs Xerath matchups, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.5% win rate overall.
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