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How to Win Viego vs Swain Counter MatchupViego is in the a tier of champions

Viego vs Swain

How to Beat Swain as Viego in LoLViego is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Swain as Viego

based on 5,638 Viego vs Swain matchups
Win Rate
50.7 %
K/D/A
2.3
Pick Rate
3.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked League rounds each and every week. Within our data, Viego battled Swain in 5638 rounds. Including so many matchups for Viego versus Swain provides us a lot of faith in our capability to prepare useful data and a pro build to destroy Swain. This champ matchup is relatively rare. Viego fights Swain in only 3.8% of their rounds.

Viego vs Swain Matchup Summary

Viego does a ok job of countering Swain. Typically, they wins a acceptable 50.7% of the time the champions clash against each other in. In Viego vs Swain games, Viego’s team is 0.1% less likely to get first blood, implying that they most likely won't get first blood against Swain.

Best Viego vs Swain Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloak of AgilityNoonquiver

Core Viego Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelBlade of The Ruined KingKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Sterak's GageBlack CleaverWit's EndSundered Sky

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Viego to level upq
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Second ability for Viego to level upe
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Last skill for Viego to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Viego's passive ability p
Viego's q ability q
Viego's w ability w
Viego's e ability e
Viego's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Swain as Viego

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.

Viego vs Swain Counter Stats

Viego Image
Win Rate
50.7 %
VS
Win Rate
49.3 %
Swain Image
7.8
< Kills >
5.2
6.4
< Deaths >
6.4
6.9
< Assists >
10.5
1.8
< Killing Sprees >
1.18
35
< Minions Killed >
98
1.66
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.43
17,156
< Physical Damage >
1,383
2,380
< Magic Damage >
19,210
915
< True Damage >
925
20,453
< Damage Dealt >
21,519
33,850
< Damage Taken >
30,651
12,307
< Gold Earned >
10,278
1.43
< Towers >
1.81
0.39
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
17,001
< Total Healing >
8,914
13,780
< Experience >
12,316
21
< Vision Score >
33
6
< Wards Placed >
15
232
< Time Dealing CC >
354

How to Counter Swain with Viego in LoL

The stats provided here clarify some strategic Viego against Swain matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. Viego’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Swain’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Viego may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Swain..

Viego normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their foe does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Swain. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Viego and Swain

Damage Types Compared

Viego
Swain
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Viego
Swain

Who is Better, Viego or Swain?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Viego usually fairs equally well when taking on Swain, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Viego makes an ok counter to Swain.

While Viego does have a higher winrate compared to Swain, when on opposite teams, Viego also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Viego into Swain.

Additionally, Viego has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Swain. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Viego vs Swain matchups, Viego is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Viego is a decent counter to Swain. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Viego against Swain.

Other Champion Matchups Against Viego

Viego Loses Against

NilahNilah45.5% winrateLeonaLeona46.3% winrateLilliaLillia47.1% winrateRammusRammus47.3% winrate

Viego Wins Against

YuumiYuumi57.6% winrateZeriZeri55% winrateSejuaniSejuani54.9% winrateHweiHwei54.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Viego Players

How We Calculated Our Viego vs Swain Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Swain as Viego, we analyzed 5,638 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 Viego 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.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Viego in order to counter Swain during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Viego usually gets less CS relative to Swain. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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 situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Viego versus Swain build consist of Guardian Angel, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Viego incorporated at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better against Swain than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Viego boasted an average winrate of 50.7% when playing against Swain with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating Swain as Viego, Viego players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Viego vs Swain counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.7% win rate overall.

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