Swain vs Fiddlesticks
How to Beat Fiddlesticks as Swain
based on 2,384 Swain vs Fiddlesticks matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Fiddlesticks Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Fiddlesticks Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Fiddlesticks as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Fiddlesticks
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.
Swain vs Fiddlesticks Counter Stats
How to Counter Fiddlesticks with Swain in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several strategic Swain vs. Fiddlesticks matchup stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Fiddlesticks’s ratio of NaN, showing that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Fiddlesticks..
Swain typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Fiddlesticks. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Swain or Fiddlesticks?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Swain usually wins when taking on Fiddlesticks, with a 52.9% win rate. Therefore, Swain makes a good counter for Fiddlesticks.
While Swain does have a higher win rate than Fiddlesticks, when on opposite teams, Swain also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Swain into Fiddlesticksas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Swain also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Fiddlesticks. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Swain vs Fiddlesticks matchups, Swain is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Swain is a good counter to Fiddlesticks. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Swain against Fiddlesticks.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Swain to counter Fiddlesticks during both the laning 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 mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain on average picks up more CS compared to Fiddlesticks. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Swain versus Fiddlesticks build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Fiddlesticks than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Swain boasted an average win rate of 52.9% when countering Fiddlesticks with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Fiddlesticks as Swain, you should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Swain vs Fiddlesticks counters, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.9% win rate overall.
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