Xerath with Swain
How to Synergize Xerath and Swain
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Xerath Swain Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Swain
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Swain
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath Swain Synergy Stats
How to Play with Swain as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath 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, Xerath sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Swain. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Swain helps Xerath perform worse in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xerath is paired with Swain, he sees a small increase in his full damage output. This may indicate that Swain provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played alongside Swain 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 Swain.
Additionally, when Xerath plays with Swain on the same side, he on average receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Swain does a poor job of protecting Xerath in team fights.
Synergies between Xerath and Swain
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Swain?
There is no top synergy for Xerath that will always be his ideal teammate. However, Swain is a decent teammate for Xerath. By playing on the same side as Xerath, he raises their win rate by 1.3% to 51.9%. This proves that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Xerath and Swain that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Swain has a lower difficulty than Xerath. That means Xerath players don't need to be very careful when lining up Swain allies to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting together, Xerath players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by pairing Xerath and Swain together, you may not be giving your other teammates much AD. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that offsets this gap in their kit.
Regardless of your Swain ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to synergize with Swain during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to include in your Xerath and Swain synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Swain than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 51.9% helping carry Swain with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating your oponents, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.9% win rate overall.
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