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How to Win Swain vs Wukong Counter MatchupSwain is in the b tier of champions

Swain vs Wukong

How to Beat Wukong as Swain in LoLSwain is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Wukong as Swain

based on 1,567 Swain vs Wukong matchups
Win Rate
52.4 %
K/D/A
2.53
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of ranked League of Legends matches that we evaluate each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Wukong as Swain resulted from an evaluation of 1567 ranked games where both champions faced one another. This counter pairing is relatively rare. Swain fights Wukong in only 1.1% of his rounds.

Swain vs Wukong Matchup Summary

Swain has done a good job of beating Wukong. Normally, he wins a fantastic 52.4% of games the champs oppose one another in. In Swain vs Wukong rounds, Swain’s side is 0.1% more probable to obtain first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood against Wukong.

Best Swain vs Wukong Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Glowing MoteLost Chapter

Core Swain Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterZaz'Zak's RealmspikeLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

RiftmakerCosmic DriveZhonya's HourglassSeraph's Embrace

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Swain to level upq
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Second ability for Swain to level upw
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Last skill for Swain to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Swain's passive ability p
Swain's q ability q
Swain's w ability w
Swain's e ability e
Swain's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Wukong as Swain

Tips for Playing as Swain against Wukong

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 Wukong

Wukong becomes tougher to kill when surrounded by his enemies. Try to isolate him to gain an advantage.

Wukong will often use Decoy after Nimbus Strike. Try delaying your abilities by a short amount of time to ensure that you're hitting the real Wukong.

Swain vs Wukong Counter Stats

Swain Image
Win Rate
52.4 %
VS
Win Rate
47.6 %
Wukong Image
5.3
< Kills >
6.3
6.2
< Deaths >
5.9
10.4
< Assists >
6.9
1.2
< Killing Sprees >
1.42
97
< Minions Killed >
84
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.88
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.45
1,382
< Physical Damage >
15,543
19,652
< Magic Damage >
2,443
914
< True Damage >
967
21,949
< Damage Dealt >
18,953
30,904
< Damage Taken >
30,742
10,308
< Gold Earned >
11,512
1.88
< Towers >
1.81
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.2
9,527
< Total Healing >
10,151
12,223
< Experience >
13,655
34
< Vision Score >
20
15
< Wards Placed >
7
363
< Time Dealing CC >
135

How to Counter Wukong with Swain in LoL

The stats shown here highlight several critical Swain versus Wukong matchup stats that can help us grasp the differences between this set of champs. Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Wukong’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Wukong..

Swain normally has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Wukong. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Swain and Wukong

Damage Types Compared

Swain
Wukong
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Swain
Wukong

Who is Better, Swain or Wukong?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Swain usually wins when taking on Wukong, with a 52.4% win rate. Therefore, Swain makes a good counter for Wukong.

While Swain does have a higher win rate than Wukong, when facing one another, Swain also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Swain into Wukongas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Swain also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Wukong. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Swain vs Wukong matchups, Swain is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Swain is a good counter for Wukong. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Swain against Wukong.

Additional Information for Swain Players

How We Calculated Our Swain vs Wukong Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Wukong as Swain, we analyzed 1,567 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Wukong as Swain comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Swain in order to counter Wukong during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Swain usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Wukong. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Swain versus Wukong build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Wukong than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Swain had an average win rate of 52.4% when playing against Wukong with this build.

To have the best likelihood of beating Wukong 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. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Swain vs Wukong face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.4% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Wukong as Swain are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.