Xayah vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Xayah
based on 2,174 Xayah vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Swain
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Xayah in LoL
The stats provided here show some significant Xayah against Swain counter stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Swain’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Swain..
Xayah normally has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Swain. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xayah and Swain
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Who is Better, Xayah or Swain?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually loses when taking on Swain, with a 42.8% win rate. Thus, Xayah makes a poor counter to Swain.
While Xayah does have a much lower win rate than Swain, when they face off with one another, Xayah also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Xayah into Swain.
Furthermore, Xayah also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Xayah 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 allies during teamfights.
Xayah is a trash counter for Swain. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xayah against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xayah to counter Swain during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah most often accumulates more CS as Swain. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Xayah versus Swain build include Kraken Slayer, Immortal Shieldbow, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah used at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Swain than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Xayah boasted an average winrate of 42.8% when playing against Swain with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Swain as Xayah, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Xayah vs Swain counters, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 42.8% winrate overall.
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