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How to Win Twisted Fate vs Swain Counter MatchupTwisted Fate is in the a tier of champions

Twisted Fate vs Swain

How to Beat Swain as Twisted Fate in LoLTwisted Fate is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Swain as Twisted Fate

based on 5,368 Twisted Fate vs Swain matchups
Win Rate
48.5 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
3.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of rated League matches that we get from Riot Games every week. Our guide on how to beat Swain as Twisted Fate resulted from an evaluation of 5368 ranked games where both champions clashed against one another. This pairing is fairly rare. Twisted Fate has to counter Swain in only 3.7% of his matches.

Twisted Fate vs Swain Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Twisted Fate has done a dismal job of beating Swain. Normally, he wins a acceptable 48.5% of games the champions battle each other in. In Twisted Fate vs Swain matches, Twisted Fate’s team is 0.1% less likely to earn first blood. This indicates that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Swain.

Best Twisted Fate vs Swain Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Hextech AlternatorLost Chapter

Core Twisted Fate Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Blade of The Ruined KingTerminusVoid StaffZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Twisted Fate to level upq
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Second ability for Twisted Fate to level upw
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Last skill for Twisted Fate to max oute

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearMinion DematerializerCosmic Insight
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Twisted Fate's passive ability p
Twisted Fate's q ability q
Twisted Fate's w ability w
Twisted Fate's e ability e
Twisted Fate's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Swain as Twisted Fate

Tips for Playing as Twisted Fate against Swain

Twisted Fate is viable as an Attack Damage or Ability Power character, letting him fit on many different team compositions.

Stealth characters often escape a battle with very low hit points. Take advantage of Destiny's ability to reveal stealthed units to finish them off.

Coordinate with your allies for the best time to use Destiny to ambush enemies.

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.

Twisted Fate vs Swain Counter Stats

Twisted Fate Image
Win Rate
48.5 %
VS
Win Rate
51.5 %
Swain Image
5.9
< Kills >
5.5
6.7
< Deaths >
6.2
8.2
< Assists >
10.6
1.35
< Killing Sprees >
1.25
169
< Minions Killed >
105
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.45
3,046
< Physical Damage >
1,429
19,478
< Magic Damage >
19,920
777
< True Damage >
863
23,302
< Damage Dealt >
22,214
22,706
< Damage Taken >
31,314
12,586
< Gold Earned >
10,504
2.22
< Towers >
1.9
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
3,141
< Total Healing >
9,634
14,555
< Experience >
12,558
18
< Vision Score >
33
9
< Wards Placed >
14
173
< Time Dealing CC >
364

How to Counter Swain with Twisted Fate in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize some vital Twisted Fate against Swain matchup stats that can help us grasp the differences between the two. As an example, Twisted Fate’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Swain’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Twisted Fate may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Swain..

Twisted Fate often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Swain. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Twisted Fate and Swain

Damage Types Compared

Twisted Fate
Swain
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Twisted Fate
Swain

Who is Better, Twisted Fate or Swain?

Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Twisted Fate usually loses when playing against Swain, with a 48.5% win rate. As a result, Twisted Fate makes a bad counter for Swain.

While Twisted Fate does have a lower winrate compared to Swain, when they face off with one another, Twisted Fate also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Twisted Fate into Swainas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Twisted Fate also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Twisted Fate vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Twisted Fate is a somewhat poor counter for Swain. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Twisted Fate against Swain.

Additional Information for Twisted Fate Players

How We Calculated Our Twisted Fate vs Swain Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Swain as Twisted Fate, we analyzed 5,368 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Swain as Twisted Fate comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Twisted Fate to counter Swain during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Twisted Fate usually picks up more CS as Swain. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Twisted Fate versus Swain build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Luden's Companion. When Twisted Fate combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Swain than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Twisted Fate boasted an average win rate of 48.5% when countering Swain with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing Swain as Twisted Fate, Twisted Fate players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Twisted Fate vs Swain counters, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.5% winrate overall.

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