Renekton vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Renekton
based on 2,275 Renekton vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Renekton vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Renekton vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Renekton
Tips for Playing as Renekton against Swain
Cull the Meek drains an enormous amount of life when used in the middle of the fray. You can use this to bait opponents into thinking you are weaker than you really are.
Slice and Dice excels at harassing maneuvers. Slice in, follow up with another skill and then Dice back out to safety.
Cooldown reduction is especially good for Renekton, allowing him to both quickly build up and use his Fury.
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.
Renekton vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Renekton in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some valuable Renekton versus Swain counter stats that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. Renekton’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Swain’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Renekton may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Swain..
Renekton usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Swain. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Renekton and Swain
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Who is Better, Renekton or Swain?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Renekton usually loses when facing off against Swain, with a 45.1% win rate. Therefore, Renekton makes a bad counter for Swain.
While Renekton does have a much lower win rate than Swain, when they face off with one another, Renekton also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Renekton into Swain.
Additionally, Renekton 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 trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Renekton vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Renekton is a garbage counter to Swain. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Renekton against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Renekton in order to counter Swain during both the laning 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 mind the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Renekton typically gets more CS compared to Swain. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Renekton versus Swain build include Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Renekton used at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Swain than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Renekton boasted an average win rate of 45.1% battling Swain with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Swain as Renekton, Renekton players should take the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Renekton vs Swain matchups, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 45.1% win rate overall.
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