Urgot vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Urgot
based on 2,743 Urgot vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Urgot vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Urgot vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Urgot
Tips for Playing as Urgot against Swain
Save Fear Beyond Death for opponents you know are already too weak to survive. It's especially good for picking off fleeing foes.
Pay attention to your individual leg's cooldowns, as they make for a signficiant portion of your damage
Land Corrosive Charge or Disdain to lock on to target's with Purge - a great way to trigger multiple legs in rapid succession.
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.
Urgot vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Urgot in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several influential Urgot versus Swain matchup stats that can help you explain the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Urgot’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Swain’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Urgot may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Swain..
Urgot usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Swain. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Urgot and Swain
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Who is Better, Urgot or Swain?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Urgot usually fairs equally well when taking on Swain, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Urgot makes an ok counter to Swain.
While Urgot does have a lower win rate compared to Swain, when facing one another, Urgot also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Urgot into Swainas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Urgot also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Urgot vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Urgot is a somewhat poor counter to Swain. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Urgot against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Urgot in order 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Urgot often gets more CS compared to Swain. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Urgot versus Swain build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Chempunk Chainsword. When Urgot included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Swain than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Urgot had an average win rate of 49.5% when playing against Swain with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Swain as Urgot, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Urgot vs Swain counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.5% winrate overall.
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