Swain vs Shen
How to Beat Shen as Swain
based on 2,488 Swain vs Shen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Shen Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Shen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shen as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Shen
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 Shen
Be ready to dodge Shen's taunt and punish him if he misses.
Once Shen reaches level 6, watch out for his global-range ultimate, which can turn fights quickly.
Swain vs Shen Counter Stats
How to Counter Shen with Swain in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some valuable Swain against Shen matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shen’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Shen..
Swain usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Shen. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Swain and Shen
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Who is Better, Swain or Shen?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Swain usually wins when playing against Shen, with a 54.1% win rate. Therefore, Swain makes a great counter for Shen.
While Swain does have a much higher winrate compared to Shen, when facing one another, Swain also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Swain into Shenas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Swain has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Swain vs Shen matchups, Swain is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Swain is a great counter for Shen. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Swain against Shen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Swain in order to counter Shen 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 shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Shen. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Swain versus Shen build include Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Shen than with many other common item sets. In fact, Swain boasted an average winrate of 54.1% when playing against Shen with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Shen as Swain, Swain players 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 rune sets players used for Swain vs Shen matchups, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 54.1% win rate overall.
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