In der Lane kannst du den Durchschlagsschaden von „Griff des Todes“ verwenden, um aus sicherer Distanz Schaden an Gegnern zu verursachen.
Es ist nicht leicht, allein mit „Weitblick des Generals“ einen Treffer zu landen. Wenn du die Fähigkeit jedoch bei einem Schlagabtausch anderswo auf der Karte einsetzt, kannst du abgelenkte oder unter Massenkontrolle stehende Gegner leichter treffen.
Wenn du Schwierigkeiten hast, einen Gegner mit „Nimmergeh'r“ festzuhalten, schleudere es auf Gegner, die sich in der Nähe ihrer Vasallen aufhalten, so dass sie von der Explosion überrascht werden.
„Dämonische Schwingen“ erschwert es, Swain zu töten, allerdings kann man ihm leicht entkommen. Wenn die Gegner über erhebliche Beweglichkeit verfügen, solltest du Gegenstände kaufen, die den Gegner verlangsamen, so dass du sie in Reichweite halten kannst.
Pass auf, wenn du Garen im Gebüsch angreifst. Du kannst dir dabei viel Schaden durch „Richten“ einhandeln.
Kombiniere verschiedene Gegenstände, die deine Rüstung erhöhen, um Garens großen normalen Schaden zu verringern.
„Richten“ verursacht max. Schaden, wenn er nur ein Ziel trifft. Ist es nicht möglich, aus dem Radius herauszukommen, bewege dich durch verbündete Vasallen, um den Schaden zu verringern.
Meide ihn, wenn dein Leben zu stark abnimmt, da er dir mit „Demacianische Gerechtigkeit“ ein schnelles Ende bereiten kann.
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some critical Swain vs. Garen counter statistics that may help us grasp the differences between the pair. For instance, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Garen’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Garen. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Swain normally has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Garen. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Swain usually wins when facing off against Garen, with a 52.9% win rate. Thus, Swain makes a good counter for Garen.
While Swain does have a higher winrate compared to Garen, when facing one another, Swain also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Swain into Garenas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Swain has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Garen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Swain vs Garen matchups, Swain is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Swain is an above average counter to Garen. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Swain against Garen.
If you would like to truly master Swain in order to counter Garen during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain on average racks up less CS relative to Garen. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Swain versus Garen build include Rylais Kristallzepter, Bösartigkeit, and Sonnwendschlitten. When Swain used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Garen than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Swain had an average win rate of 52.9% battling Garen with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Garen as Swain, Swain players should take the Eroberer, Geistesgegenwart, Legende: Zähigkeit, Letztes Gefecht, Konditionierung, and Zuwachs runes from the Präzision and Entschlossenheit rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Swain vs Garen counterpicks, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.9% winrate overall.
If you would like to see Swain x Garen tips and counter builds for a a specific player tier, feel free to choose one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the stats and strategies given are computed using all rounds finished with these champs.