Master Yi with Swain
How to Synergize Master Yi and Swain
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Master Yi Swain Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Master Yi and Swain
Tips for Playing as Master Yi with Swain
If you're in a lane against ranged players, leveling up Meditate can allow you to stay in the lane longer and gain levels faster than they will.
Try using Alpha Strike on a minion in front of an enemy champion so you are placed at a safe distance at the end of the spell.
Wuju Style is very strong early for last hitting minions.
Advice to Understand How Swain Will Play
While laning, try to use Death's Hand's piercing damage to damage opponents from a safe distance.
Vision of Empire is quite difficult to land on its own, look for skirmishes around the map where enemies may be distracted or crowd controlled so you can land it more easily.
If you're having trouble rooting an enemy with Nevermove, try throwing it at opponents when they are near their minions so the explosion surprises them.
Demonic Ascension may make Swain very hard to kill but he's pretty easy to get away from. Try building items that can slow opponents to keep them in range if their mobility is overwhelming.
Master Yi Swain Synergy Stats
How to Play with Swain as Master Yi in LoL
The Master Yi Swain synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Swain, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Master Yi sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Swain. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Swain helps Master Yi perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Master Yi plays on the same team as Swain, he gets a small decrease in his total damage output. This change could demonstrate that Swain does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Master Yi is played alongside Swain on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Swain.
Moreover, when Master Yi plays with Swain on the same team, he usually takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Swain does a decent job of covering Master Yi in teamfights.
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Is Master Yi better when played alongside Swain?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Master Yi that will always be his best ally. Yet, Swain is a decent ally for Master Yi. By playing on the same side as Master Yi, he raises their win rate by 2.1% to 52.7%. This clearly indicates that there is a somewhat important bond between Master Yi and Swain that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Swain has a much greater difficulty compared to Master Yi. That means Master Yi players must be cautious when arranging Swain comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working together, Master Yi players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by pairing Master Yi and Swain together, you probably will not be giving your side a lot of crowd control. We recommend you include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Swain ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Master Yi in order to pair well with Swain during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to have in your Master Yi and Swain synergy build consist of Experimental Hexplate, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Master Yi combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Swain than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Master Yi had an average winrate of 52.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Swain with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Treasure Hunter, and Eyeball Collection runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Master Yi and Swain pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.7% winrate overall.
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