Irelia vs Swain Counter Build
How to Beat Swain as Irelia
Summary
We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League games each week. Within our dataset, Irelia fought Swain in 22,490 rounds. Including so many games with Irelia vs Swain gives us a lot of faith in our capacity to provide actionable data and a pro build to counter your rival.
This particular counter pairing is fairly rare. Irelia is forced to battle against Swain in only 3.7% of her rounds. Unfortunitally, Irelia has done a pathetic job of beating Swain. Typically, Irelia wins a lowly 44.0% of games the champs oppose each other in. In Irelia against Swain matches, Irelia’s team is 2.0% less likely to get first blood. This indicates that she probably won't get first blood versus Swain.
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Best Irelia Runes to Counter Swain
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Swain as Irelia, Irelia players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Taste of Blood, and Ravenous Hunter runes. Of all the runes players used for Irelia vs Swain battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. We have also included the best Swain runes to fend off Irelia in order to help you infer how he will probably be setup against your champ.
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Stats
The following tables clarify several valuable Irelia against Swain counter stats that may help you interpret the distinctions between the two. Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of 1.8 is worse than Swain’s KDA ratio of 2.5, highlighting that Irelia may be less central to her team's team fighting capability than Swain. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Irelia often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. Commonly, Irelia receives more damage than Swain. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
In Irelia vs Swain matchups, Irelia typically totals many more minion kills than Swain. Champions who on average don't finish with a lot of minion kills normally do not have to have much CS to be effective. Instead, they are capable of scaling adequately off of their abilities alone. Yet, champions with many minion kills, such as carries, usually need a lot of items to be useful. In either situation, try to beat the averages shown here to do well.
By default, Irelia vs Swain tips, statistics, and build guide are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.
How We Analyze Our Matchups
For this counter guide, we analyzed 22490 Irelia vs Swain 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 Irelia 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.