Brand vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Brand
based on 8,999 Brand vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Brand vs Swain Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Swain as Brand
Tips for Playing as Brand against Swain
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.
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.
Brand vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Brand in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several vital Brand versus Swain counter stats that can help you explain the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Swain’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Swain..
Brand usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Swain. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Brand and Swain
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Who is Better, Brand or Swain?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Brand usually wins when playing against Swain, with a 52.2% win rate. Thus, Brand makes a good counter to Swain.
While Brand does have a higher win rate than Swain, when they face off with one another, Brand also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Brand into Swain.
Moreover, Brand also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Brand vs Swain matchups, Brand is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Brand is a good counter to Swain. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Brand against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Brand to counter Swain during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Brand most often gets less CS as Swain. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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 have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Brand versus Swain build include Cryptbloom, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Swain than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Brand had an average win rate of 52.2% battling Swain with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Swain as Brand, Brand players should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Brand vs Swain fights, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.2% win rate overall.
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