Swain vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Swain
based on 5,596 Swain vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Varus
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 Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Swain vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Swain in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some strategic Swain versus Varus matchup statistics that can help us grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Varus..
Swain usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Varus. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Swain and Varus
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Who is Better, Swain or Varus?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Swain usually wins when trying to fight Varus, with a 51.3% win rate. Therefore, Swain makes a good counter for Varus.
While Swain does have a higher winrate compared to Varus, when they face off with one another, Swain also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Swain into Varusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Swain has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Swain vs Varus matchups, Swain is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Swain is a decent counter for Varus. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Swain against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Swain to counter Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain on average racks up less CS relative to Varus. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Swain versus Varus build consist of Malignance, Cryptbloom, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Varus than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Swain boasted an average winrate of 51.3% when playing against Varus with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Varus 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 builds we have analyed for Swain vs Varus counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Varus as Swain are displayed for all skill levels, merged. To scope the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.