Swain vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Swain
based on 3,914 Swain vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Nami
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 Nami
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.
Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.
Swain vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Swain in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some critical Swain versus Nami counter statistics that can help you grasp the differences between the pair. For instance, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nami’s ratio of NaN, showing that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nami. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Swain usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Nami. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Swain and Nami
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Who is Better, Swain or Nami?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Swain usually fairs equally well when taking on Nami, with a 50.1% win rate. Therefore, Swain makes an ok counter to Nami.
While Swain does have a higher winrate compared to Nami, when they face off with one another, Swain also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Swain into Namias 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 Nami. 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 a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Swain vs Nami matchups, Swain is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Swain is a decent counter to Nami. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Swain against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Swain to counter Nami during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain on average picks up much more CS relative to Nami. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Swain versus Nami build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Riftmaker. When Swain bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Nami than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Swain had an average winrate of 50.1% when playing against Nami with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Nami as Swain, you should use 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 builds we have analyed for Swain vs Nami matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.1% win rate overall.
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