Swain vs Cassiopeia
How to Beat Cassiopeia as Swain
based on 1,456 Swain vs Cassiopeia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Cassiopeia Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Cassiopeia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Cassiopeia as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Cassiopeia
While laning, try to use Death's Hand's piercing damage to damage opponents from a safe distance.
Vision of Empire is quite difficult to land on its own, look for skirmishes around the map where enemies may be distracted or crowd controlled so you can land it more easily.
If you're having trouble rooting an enemy with Nevermove, try throwing it at opponents when they are near their minions so the explosion surprises them.
Demonic Ascension may make Swain very hard to kill but he's pretty easy to get away from. Try building items that can slow opponents to keep them in range if their mobility is overwhelming.
Advice to Win Against Cassiopeia
Be wary of Cassiopeia's damage potential with Twin Fang when she has you poisoned.
Turn away from Cassiopeia when she is casting Petrifying Gaze to get slowed instead of stunned.
Swain vs Cassiopeia Counter Stats
How to Counter Cassiopeia with Swain in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some critical Swain versus Cassiopeia counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences between the pair. For instance, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Cassiopeia’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Cassiopeia. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Swain normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Cassiopeia. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Swain and Cassiopeia
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Who is Better, Swain or Cassiopeia?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Swain usually fairs equally well when taking on Cassiopeia, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Swain makes an ok counter for Cassiopeia.
While Swain does have a lower win rate than Cassiopeia, when facing one another, Swain also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Swain into Cassiopeiaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Swain has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Cassiopeia. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Swain vs Cassiopeia matchups, Cassiopeia is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Swain is a somewhat poor counter for Cassiopeia. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Swain against Cassiopeia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Swain to counter Cassiopeia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain most often accumulates less CS compared to Cassiopeia. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Swain versus Cassiopeia build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Cassiopeia than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Swain had an average winrate of 49.7% when playing against Cassiopeia with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating Cassiopeia as Swain, you should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Swain vs Cassiopeia face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.7% winrate overall.
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