Swain vs Zeri
How to Beat Zeri as Swain
based on 1,430 Swain vs Zeri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Zeri Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Zeri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zeri as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Zeri
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.
Swain vs Zeri Counter Stats
How to Counter Zeri with Swain in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several critical Swain vs. Zeri matchup statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zeri’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zeri. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Swain normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Zeri. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Swain or Zeri?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Swain usually wins when playing against Zeri, with a 54.5% win rate. Therefore, Swain makes a great counter to Zeri.
While Swain does have a much higher win rate than Zeri, when they face off with one another, Swain also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Swain into Zerias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Swain also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zeri. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Swain vs Zeri matchups, Swain is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Swain is a great counter to Zeri. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Swain against Zeri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Swain to counter Zeri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain often gets less CS compared to Zeri. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require 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, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Swain versus Zeri build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Zeri than with most other common item sets. In fact, Swain had an average winrate of 54.5% when countering Zeri with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Zeri as Swain, you should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Swain vs Zeri battles, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 54.5% winrate overall.
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