How to Win Aatrox vs Swain Counter Matchup Aatrox is in the a tier of champions

Aatrox vs Swain

How to Beat Swain as Aatrox in LoL Swain is in the b tier of champions
Fighter Tank
Mage Fighter

How to Beat Swain as Aatrox

based on 4,372 Aatrox vs Swain matchups
Win Rate
49.4 %
K/D/A
2.14
Pick Rate
4.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of rated League of Legends rounds that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Swain as Aatrox resulted from an analysis of 4372 ranked rounds where both champs battled one another. This particular pairing is somewhat uncommon. Aatrox has to counter Swain in only 4.8% of his matches.

Aatrox vs Swain Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Aatrox does a below average job of beating Swain. Typically, he wins a acceptable 49.4% of the time the champs clash against each other in. In Aatrox versus Swain rounds, Aatrox’s team is 0.1% less expected to get first blood, indicating that he probably won't get first blood against Swain.

Best Aatrox vs Swain Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsIronspike Whip

Core Aatrox Items

~22 Mins
EclipseDeath's DanceSerylda's Grudge

Optional Items

Black CleaverSpirit VisageMaw of MalmortiusChempunk Chainsword

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Aatrox to level up q
>
Second ability for Aatrox to level up e
>
Last skill for Aatrox to max out w

Runes

Precision Conqueror TriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
Resolve Bone PlatingUnflinching
Adaptive Adaptive Armor
Aatrox's passive ability p
Aatrox q ability q
Aatrox w ability w
Aatrox e ability e
Aatrox's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Swain as Aatrox

Tips for Playing as Aatrox against Swain

Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.

Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.

Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.

Advice to Win Against Swain

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.

Buying an item with Grievous Wounds will make Swain much easier to kill during his Demonic Ascension.

Aatrox vs Swain Counter Stats

Aatrox Image
Win Rate
49.4 %
VS
Win Rate
50.6 %
Swain Image
6.3
< Kills >
5.1
5.6
< Deaths >
6.3
5.7
< Assists >
10.4
1.41
< Killing Sprees >
1.14
155
< Minions Killed >
103
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.42
21,785
< Physical Damage >
1,434
77
< Magic Damage >
19,147
977
< True Damage >
1,224
22,839
< Damage Dealt >
21,806
33,073
< Damage Taken >
28,006
11,380
< Gold Earned >
10,082
2.05
< Towers >
1.78
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
13,178
< Total Healing >
8,347
14,130
< Experience >
12,141
16
< Vision Score >
29
8
< Wards Placed >
14
243
< Time Dealing CC >
304

How to Counter Swain with Aatrox in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify several valuable Aatrox vs. Swain counter statistics that may help you explain the distinctions between the pair. Aatrox’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Swain’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aatrox may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Swain..

Aatrox often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Swain. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Aatrox and Swain

Damage Types Compared

Aatrox
Swain
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Aatrox
Swain

Who is Better, Aatrox or Swain?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Aatrox usually fairs equally well when facing off against Swain, with a 49.4% win rate. Thus, Aatrox makes an ok counter for Swain.

While Aatrox does have a lower winrate than Swain, when facing one another, Aatrox also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Aatrox into Swain.

Furthermore, Aatrox has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Aatrox vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Aatrox is a somewhat poor counter for Swain. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Aatrox against Swain.

Other Champion Matchups Against Aatrox

Aatrox Loses Against

Yorick Yorick 45.5% winrate Heimerdinger Heimerdinger 46.8% winrate Aurelion Sol Aurelion Sol 47% winrate Garen Garen 47.4% winrate

Aatrox Wins Against

Nidalee Nidalee 57.1% winrate Lee Sin Lee Sin 55.2% winrate Azir Azir 55.2% winrate Ryze Ryze 55% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Cassiopeia Cassiopeia + 55.4% 1088 Games Heimerdinger Heimerdinger + 55.9% 1512 Games Taric Taric + 56.2% 1843 Games Kled Kled + 57.1% 112 Games

Additional Information for Aatrox Players

How We Calculated Our Aatrox vs Swain Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Swain as Aatrox, we analyzed 4,372 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Swain as Aatrox comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Aatrox Build Swain Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Aatrox 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Aatrox usually gets more CS as Swain. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They 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 need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Aatrox versus Swain build include Eclipse, Death's Dance, and Serylda's Grudge. When Aatrox bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Swain than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Aatrox had an average winrate of 49.4% when playing against Swain with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Swain as Aatrox, Aatrox players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Aatrox vs Swain clashes, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.4% win rate overall.

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