Vex vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Vex
based on 2,916 Vex vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vex vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Vex vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Vex
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.
Vex vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Vex in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some critical Vex versus Swain counter statistics that may help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. For instance, Vex’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Swain’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vex may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Swain..
Vex usually has a similar longest killing spree as their counter does. Typically, they receives less damage than Swain. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vex and Swain
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Who is Better, Vex or Swain?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vex usually loses when facing off against Swain, with a 45.7% win rate. As a result, Vex makes a poor counter to Swain.
While Vex does have a much lower winrate than Swain, when on opposite teams, Vex also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Vex into Swain.
Furthermore, Vex has some amount of CC and other utility, 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 one best champion in League of Legends, in Vex vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Vex is a trash counter for Swain. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Vex against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vex to counter Swain during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vex typically racks up more CS as Swain. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Vex versus Swain build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Vex incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they performed a lot better versus Swain than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Vex boasted an average win rate of 45.7% when playing against Swain with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Swain as Vex, you should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Vex vs Swain clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 45.7% win rate overall.
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