LeBlanc vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as LeBlanc
based on 2,041 LeBlanc vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
LeBlanc vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best LeBlanc vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as LeBlanc
Tips for Playing as LeBlanc against Swain
Using Distortion can help your positioning to land Ethereal Chains.
You can chain Sigil of Malice and Ethereal Chains to prevent characters with blink from escaping for up to 4 seconds.
Distortion allows you to be aggressive with your other spells while being able to return to safety.
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.
LeBlanc vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with LeBlanc in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some critical LeBlanc vs. Swain matchup stats that can help us understand the distinctions between the two. LeBlanc’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Swain’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that LeBlanc may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Swain..
LeBlanc typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Swain. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between LeBlanc and Swain
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Who is Better, LeBlanc or Swain?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, LeBlanc usually loses when playing against Swain, with a 46.3% win rate. Thus, LeBlanc makes a poor counter to Swain.
While LeBlanc does have a lower winrate than Swain, when they face off with one another, LeBlanc also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult character to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking LeBlanc into Swainas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, LeBlanc has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in LeBlanc vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
LeBlanc is a trash counter to Swain. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as LeBlanc against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of LeBlanc to counter Swain during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
LeBlanc most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Swain. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your LeBlanc versus Swain build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When LeBlanc bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better versus Swain than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, LeBlanc had an average win rate of 46.3% when playing against Swain with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Swain as LeBlanc, you should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for LeBlanc vs Swain counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.3% winrate overall.
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