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How to Win Ivern vs Swain Counter MatchupIvern is in the s tier of champions

Ivern vs Swain

How to Beat Swain as Ivern in LoLIvern is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Swain as Ivern

based on 1,480 Ivern vs Swain matchups
Win Rate
49.8 %
K/D/A
3.26
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of rated LoL games that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Swain as Ivern resulted from an examination of 1480 ranked games where both champions faced each other. This particular champion pairing is fairly rare. Ivern has to counter Swain in only 3.6% of his games.

Ivern vs Swain Matchup Summary

Ivern has done a ok job of countering Swain. On average, he wins a acceptable 49.8% of games the champions oppose one another in. In Ivern versus Swain matches, Ivern’s team is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood versus Swain.

Best Ivern vs Swain Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Dark SealIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Ivern Items

~22 Mins
RedemptionMoonstone RenewerDawncore

Optional Items

MalignanceImperial MandateMorellonomiconShurelya's Battlesong

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ivern to level upe
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Second ability for Ivern to level upq
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Last skill for Ivern to max outw

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryNimbus CloakTranscendenceWaterwalking
InspirationFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Ivern's passive ability p
Ivern's q ability q
Ivern's w ability w
Ivern's e ability e
Ivern's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
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R
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E
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Q
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Guide to Countering Swain as Ivern

Tips for Playing as Ivern against Swain

Use Brushmaker to set up future ambush spots!

Try to help allies follow up a good Rootcaller hit with Triggerseed!

Daisy can block skillshots and slow down enemies. Use her to peel for your teammates!

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.

Ivern vs Swain Counter Stats

Ivern Image
Win Rate
49.8 %
VS
Win Rate
50.2 %
Swain Image
2.5
< Kills >
4.9
5
< Deaths >
6.3
13.8
< Assists >
9.9
0.54
< Killing Sprees >
1.11
19
< Minions Killed >
101
1.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.44
3,127
< Physical Damage >
1,384
6,911
< Magic Damage >
18,719
1,191
< True Damage >
738
11,230
< Damage Dealt >
20,843
17,848
< Damage Taken >
31,339
9,868
< Gold Earned >
10,220
1.75
< Towers >
1.84
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
6,398
< Total Healing >
9,456
12,689
< Experience >
12,003
25
< Vision Score >
34
7
< Wards Placed >
15
273
< Time Dealing CC >
374

How to Counter Swain with Ivern in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some strategic Ivern vs. Swain matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences between the pair. Ivern’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Swain’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Ivern may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Swain..

Ivern often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Swain. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Ivern and Swain

Damage Types Compared

Ivern
Swain
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ivern
Swain

Who is Better, Ivern or Swain?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ivern usually fairs equally well when taking on Swain, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Ivern makes an ok counter to Swain.

While Ivern does have a lower win rate compared to Swain, when facing one another, Ivern also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ivern into Swainas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Ivern has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Swain. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ivern vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Ivern is a somewhat poor counter for Swain. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ivern against Swain.

Additional Information for Ivern Players

How We Calculated Our Ivern vs Swain Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Swain as Ivern, we analyzed 1,480 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 Ivern 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ivern in order to counter Swain during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ivern on average gets a lot less CS compared to Swain. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Ivern versus Swain build include Redemption, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore. When Ivern used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Swain than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Ivern had an average win rate of 49.8% when countering Swain with these items in his kit.

To have the best chance of vanquishing Swain as Ivern, Ivern players should take the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cosmic Insight, and Future's Market runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Ivern vs Swain face-offs, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.8% winrate overall.

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