Tahm Kench vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Tahm Kench
based on 3,635 Tahm Kench vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tahm Kench vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Tahm Kench vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Tahm Kench against Swain
Your most important function as a support is to keep fragile allies safe. Keep Devour's range and cooldown in mind and position accordingly!
Consider carefully when to use Thick Skin's active. Sometimes shielding early to avoid further damage is good, but sometimes the healing is more beneficial.
Advice to Win Against Swain
Buying an item with Grievous Wounds will make Swain much easier to kill during his Demonic Ascension.
Swain's passive is very potent if you are immobilized. Make sure to be extra careful around enemies who have immobilizing effects.
High mobility counters all of Swain's basic abilities: Death's Hand does more damage the closer he is, Vision of Empire has a very long delay and Nevermove must start returning back to him to be dangerous.
Tahm Kench vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Tahm Kench in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several important Tahm Kench vs. Swain matchup stats that may help you realize the differences between the two. Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Swain’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Tahm Kench may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Swain..
Tahm Kench usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Swain. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Tahm Kench and Swain
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Who is Better, Tahm Kench or Swain?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Tahm Kench usually loses when playing against Swain, with a 48.6% win rate. As a result, Tahm Kench makes a poor counter to Swain.
While Tahm Kench does have a lower winrate compared to Swain, when they face off with one another, Tahm Kench also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Tahm Kench into Swain.
Moreover, Tahm Kench also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Tahm Kench vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Tahm Kench is a somewhat poor counter for Swain. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Tahm Kench against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Tahm Kench in order to counter Swain during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tahm Kench most often racks up a similar amount of CS as Swain. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Tahm Kench versus Swain build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Tahm Kench used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Swain than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Tahm Kench boasted an average win rate of 48.6% when playing against Swain with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of defeating Swain as Tahm Kench, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Unflinching, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Tahm Kench vs Swain fights, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.6% winrate overall.
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