Cho'Gath vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Cho'Gath
based on 3,299 Cho'Gath vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Cho'Gath vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Cho'Gath vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Cho'Gath
Tips for Playing as Cho'Gath against Swain
Using Rupture on creeps in combination with Carnivore is a good way to gain Health and Mana.
If you're having difficulty feasting upon champions, try eating minions until you're larger.
Try to line up your attacks with Vorpal Spikes so that they kill minions and harass enemy champions at the same time.
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.
Cho'Gath vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Cho'Gath in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some influential Cho'Gath vs. Swain counter statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the two. As an example, Cho'Gath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Swain’s ratio of NaN, showing that Cho'Gath may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Swain..
Cho'Gath normally has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Swain. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Cho'Gath and Swain
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Who is Better, Cho'Gath or Swain?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Cho'Gath usually loses when trying to fight Swain, with a 46.3% win rate. Thus, Cho'Gath makes a bad counter to Swain.
While Cho'Gath does have a lower winrate compared to Swain, when they face off with one another, Cho'Gath also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Cho'Gath into Swain.
Additionally, Cho'Gath has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Cho'Gath vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Cho'Gath is a trash counter to Swain. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Cho'Gath against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Cho'Gath in order to counter Swain during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Cho'Gath usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Swain. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Cho'Gath versus Swain build include Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Heartsteel. When Cho'Gath included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Swain than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Cho'Gath boasted an average win rate of 46.3% when playing against Swain with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Swain as Cho'Gath, Cho'Gath players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Magical Footwear runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Cho'Gath vs Swain counters, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.3% winrate overall.
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