Swain with Draven
How to Synergize Swain and Draven
based on 3,794 Swain with Draven pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Swain Draven Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Swain and Draven
Tips for Playing as Swain with Draven
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.
Advice to Understand How Draven Will Play
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
Swain Draven Synergy Stats
How to Play with Draven as Swain in LoL
The Swain Draven synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Draven, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Swain sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Draven. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Draven helps Swain perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Swain plays on the same team as Draven, he gets a little decrease in his complete damage output. This change may indicate that Draven doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Swain is played alongside Draven on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Draven.
Moreover, when Swain plays with Draven on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Draven does a decent job of covering Swain in team fights.
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Is Swain better when played alongside Draven?
There is no top champion pairing for Swain that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. Yet, overall, Draven is a very typical ally for Swain. By playing on the same side as Swain, he improves their win rate by 0.7% to 52.0%. This shows that there is not really a strong bond between Swain and Draven that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Draven has a lower difficulty than Swain. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Draven allies to fight alongside, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting together, Swain players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by aligning Swain and Draven together, you probably will not be providing your side enough protection for burst damage. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Draven teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Swain to synergize with Draven during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to have in your Swain and Draven synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Solstice Sleigh, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Draven than with most other common item sets. In fact, Swain boasted an average winrate of 52.0% helping carry Draven with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing your oponents, Swain players should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Swain and Draven pairings, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.0% win rate overall.
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