Aphelios vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Aphelios
based on 3,272 Aphelios vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Swain
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
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.
Aphelios vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Aphelios in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some strategic Aphelios vs. Swain matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Swain’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Swain..
Aphelios usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Swain. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aphelios and Swain
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Swain?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually fairs equally well when taking on Swain, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Aphelios makes an ok counter for Swain.
While Aphelios does have a lower winrate compared to Swain, when on opposite teams, Aphelios also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Aphelios into Swainas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Aphelios has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Aphelios is a somewhat poor counter to Swain. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Aphelios against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios in order to counter Swain during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios usually racks up more CS compared to Swain. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Aphelios versus Swain build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Aphelios bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs Swain than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Aphelios had an average win rate of 49.5% when playing against Swain with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Swain as Aphelios, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Aphelios vs Swain counterpicks, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.5% winrate overall.
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