Swain vs Gangplank
How to Beat Gangplank as Swain
based on 1,976 Swain vs Gangplank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Gangplank Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Gangplank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gangplank as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Gangplank
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 Gangplank
Parrrley deals a high amount of physical damage. Items that grant Armor can help if an enemy Gangplank is doing well.
Once Gangplank reaches level 6, watch out for his global-range ultimate, Cannon Barrage!
Swain vs Gangplank Counter Stats
How to Counter Gangplank with Swain in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several vital Swain versus Gangplank counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences between the pair. For instance, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gangplank’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Gangplank..
Swain often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Gangplank. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Swain and Gangplank
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Who is Better, Swain or Gangplank?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Swain usually wins when playing against Gangplank, with a 54.1% win rate. Therefore, Swain makes a great counter to Gangplank.
While Swain does have a much higher win rate than Gangplank, when on opposite teams, Swain also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Swain into Gangplankas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Swain has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gangplank. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Swain vs Gangplank matchups, Swain is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Swain is a great counter for Gangplank. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Swain against Gangplank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Swain to counter Gangplank 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 mind the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain most often accumulates less CS as Gangplank. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Swain versus Gangplank build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Gangplank than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Swain had an average win rate of 54.1% battling Gangplank with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Gangplank as Swain, you should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Swain vs Gangplank matchups, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 54.1% win rate overall.
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