Swain vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Swain
based on 1,451 Swain vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Gnar
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 Gnar
Gnar's ultimate stuns if he hits you into a wall. Be careful when fighting him near one.
Gnar's animations and resource bar change as he gets closer to transforming.
Gnar can't gain Rage for 15 seconds after he turns from big to little. Use this chance to engage on his team.
Swain vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Swain in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some important Swain vs. Gnar matchup stats that may help us grasp the distinctions between this pair of champions. Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Gnar. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Swain usually has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Gnar. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Swain and Gnar
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Who is Better, Swain or Gnar?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Swain usually wins when playing against Gnar, with a 54.7% win rate. Therefore, Swain makes a great counter for Gnar.
While Swain does have a much higher win rate compared to Gnar, when facing one another, Swain also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Swain into Gnaras his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Swain also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gnar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Swain vs Gnar matchups, Swain is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Swain is a great counter to Gnar. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Swain against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Swain in order to counter Gnar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain usually accumulates less CS as Gnar. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Swain versus Gnar build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Gnar than with many other common builds. In fact, Swain had an average winrate of 54.7% battling Gnar with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing Gnar 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. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Swain vs Gnar battles, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 54.7% winrate overall.
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