Kog'Maw vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Kog'Maw
based on 1,180 Kog'Maw vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kog'Maw vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Kog'Maw vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw against Swain
Make the most out of your Icathian Surprise.
Use Void Ooze to set up a perfect Living Artillery.
Kog'Maw can outrange most champions with his Bio-Arcane Barrage ability.
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.
Kog'Maw vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Kog'Maw in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several critical Kog'Maw versus Swain counter stats that can help you interpret the distinctions between these two champs. As an example, Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Swain’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kog'Maw may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Swain..
Kog'Maw typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Swain. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kog'Maw and Swain
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Who is Better, Kog'Maw or Swain?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kog'Maw usually loses when taking on Swain, with a 48.9% win rate. Therefore, Kog'Maw makes a bad counter to Swain.
While Kog'Maw does have a lower winrate compared to Swain, when facing one another, Kog'Maw also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Kog'Maw into Swain.
Furthermore, Kog'Maw also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kog'Maw 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 allies during team fights.
Kog'Maw is a somewhat poor counter for Swain. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kog'Maw against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kog'Maw to counter Swain during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kog'Maw typically gets more CS as Swain. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Kog'Maw versus Swain build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kog'Maw used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Swain than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average winrate of 48.9% when playing against Swain with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing Swain as Kog'Maw, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Kog'Maw vs Swain clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.9% win rate overall.
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