Swain vs Zac
How to Beat Zac as Swain
based on 3,298 Swain vs Zac matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Zac Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Zac Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zac as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Zac
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 Zac
Kill all of Zac's bloblets when he splits apart to stop him from reforming.
Silences, stuns, roots and knockups will all interrupt Zac when he is charging Elastic Slingshot.
Zac heals from the goo that separates from him. You can crush the goo pieces by stepping on them.
Swain vs Zac Counter Stats
How to Counter Zac with Swain in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some important Swain vs. Zac matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the differences between the two. Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zac’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zac..
Swain usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Zac. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Swain and Zac
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Who is Better, Swain or Zac?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Swain usually wins when taking on Zac, with a 51.8% win rate. Therefore, Swain makes a good counter for Zac.
While Swain does have a higher win rate compared to Zac, when facing one another, Swain also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Swain into Zacas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Swain has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zac. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Swain vs Zac matchups, Swain is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Swain is a decent counter for Zac. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Swain against Zac.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Swain to counter Zac 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 suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain on average accumulates more CS relative to Zac. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Swain versus Zac build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Zac than with most other common item sets. In fact, Swain had an average win rate of 51.8% battling Zac with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Zac as Swain, Swain players should equip 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 rune combinations we have analyed for Swain vs Zac counters, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.8% win rate overall.
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