Yorick vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Yorick
based on 3,388 Yorick vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Swain
You do not need to cast Awakening to regain the ability to cast Last Rites.
You can send the Maiden down a lane alone, be careful though, as she represents a large portion of your combat power.
The Maiden will attempt to assist you in a fight, so choose your targets well.
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.
Yorick vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Yorick in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several vital Yorick against Swain counter stats that can help us realize the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Swain’s ratio of NaN, showing that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Swain..
Yorick often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Swain. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yorick and Swain
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Who is Better, Yorick or Swain?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Yorick usually loses when taking on Swain, with a 48.4% win rate. As a result, Yorick makes a bad counter for Swain.
While Yorick does have a lower win rate compared to Swain, when on opposite teams, Yorick also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Yorick into Swain.
Additionally, Yorick has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Swain. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Yorick is a somewhat poor counter for Swain. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Yorick against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Yorick 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 listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick typically racks up more CS as Swain. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Yorick versus Swain build include Spear of Shojin, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Yorick used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Swain than with many other typical builds. In fact, Yorick had an average winrate of 48.4% when playing against Swain with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Swain as Yorick, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Legend: Bloodline, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Yorick vs Swain fights, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.4% win rate overall.
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