Swain vs Vi
How to Beat Vi as Swain
based on 4,003 Swain vs Vi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Vi Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vi as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Vi
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 Vi
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
Swain vs Vi Counter Stats
How to Counter Vi with Swain in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some significant Swain vs. Vi matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vi’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vi..
Swain typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Vi. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Swain and Vi
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Who is Better, Swain or Vi?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Swain usually wins when trying to fight Vi, with a 51.2% win rate. As a result, Swain makes a good counter to Vi.
While Swain does have a higher win rate than Vi, when they face off with one another, Swain also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Swain into Vias his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Swain has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vi. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Swain vs Vi matchups, Swain is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Swain is a decent counter to Vi. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Swain against Vi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Swain in order to counter Vi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain most often racks up more CS as Vi. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Swain versus Vi build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Riftmaker, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain used at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Vi than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Swain boasted an average winrate of 51.2% battling Vi with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Vi as Swain, Swain players 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 we have analyed for Swain vs Vi LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.2% win rate overall.
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