Darius vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Darius
based on 5,059 Darius vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Swain
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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.
Darius vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Darius in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several influential Darius against Swain counter stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Swain’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Swain..
Darius typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Swain. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Darius or Swain?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Darius usually loses when taking on Swain, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Darius makes a bad counter for Swain.
While Darius does have a lower win rate compared to Swain, when they face off with one another, Darius also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Darius into Swain.
Additionally, Darius also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Darius vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Darius is a somewhat poor counter to Swain. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Darius against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Darius in order to counter Swain during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius typically gets more CS relative to Swain. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Darius versus Swain build include Trinity Force, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Darius bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Swain than with most other common item sets. In fact, Darius had an average win rate of 48.7% battling Swain with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Swain as Darius, Darius players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Darius vs Swain counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.7% win rate overall.
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