Syndra vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Syndra
based on 3,125 Syndra vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Syndra vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Syndra vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Syndra
Tips for Playing as Syndra against Swain
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
Advice to Win Against Swain
Buying an item with Grievous Wounds will make Swain much easier to kill during his Demonic Ascension.
Swain's passive is very potent if you are immobilized. Make sure to be extra careful around enemies who have immobilizing effects.
High mobility counters all of Swain's basic abilities: Death's Hand does more damage the closer he is, Vision of Empire has a very long delay and Nevermove must start returning back to him to be dangerous.
Syndra vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Syndra in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several critical Syndra vs. Swain counter statistics that may help you explain the distinctions between the two. For instance, Syndra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Swain’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Syndra may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Swain..
Syndra typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Swain. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Syndra and Swain
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Who is Better, Syndra or Swain?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Syndra usually loses when facing off against Swain, with a 48.6% win rate. Therefore, Syndra makes a poor counter to Swain.
While Syndra does have a lower win rate than Swain, when facing one another, Syndra also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Syndra into Swainas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Syndra has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Syndra vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Syndra is a somewhat poor counter for Swain. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Syndra against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Syndra in order to counter Swain during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Syndra on average picks up more CS compared to Swain. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to use in your Syndra versus Swain build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Syndra incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Swain than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Syndra had an average winrate of 48.6% battling Swain with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Swain as Syndra, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Syndra vs Swain LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Swain as Syndra are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.