Jarvan IV vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Jarvan IV
based on 2,043 Jarvan IV vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Swain
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
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.
Jarvan IV vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several critical Jarvan IV against Swain matchup stats that can help you interpret the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Swain’s ratio of NaN, showing that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Swain..
Jarvan IV often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Swain. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Swain
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Swain?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Jarvan IV usually loses when facing off against Swain, with a 48.4% win rate. Therefore, Jarvan IV makes a poor counter for Swain.
While Jarvan IV does have a lower winrate than Swain, when on opposite teams, Jarvan IV also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Jarvan IV into Swain.
Moreover, Jarvan IV also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Jarvan IV is a somewhat poor counter for Swain. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Jarvan IV against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Jarvan IV in order to counter Swain during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV on average gets less CS compared to Swain. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Jarvan IV versus Swain build include Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Swain than with many other common builds. In fact, Jarvan IV boasted an average win rate of 48.4% battling Swain with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Swain as Jarvan IV, Jarvan IV players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Jarvan IV vs Swain fights, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Swain as Jarvan IV are displayed for all skill levels combined. To filter the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.