Kayle vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Kayle
based on 4,212 Kayle vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Swain
Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.
Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.
Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.
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.
Kayle vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Kayle in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several critical Kayle versus Swain matchup stats that may help us explain the differences between the two. For instance, Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Swain’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Swain..
Kayle normally has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. On average, she receives less damage than Swain. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayle and Swain
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Who is Better, Kayle or Swain?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kayle usually wins when trying to fight Swain, with a 51.6% win rate. Therefore, Kayle makes a good counter for Swain.
While Kayle does have a higher win rate than Swain, when facing one another, Kayle also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayle into Swainas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayle also has almost no 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Swain matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Kayle is a decent counter for Swain. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kayle against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kayle in order to counter Swain during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle most often racks up more CS relative to Swain. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Kayle versus Swain build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Guinsoo's Rageblade. When Kayle bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better versus Swain than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Kayle boasted an average winrate of 51.6% battling Swain with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing Swain as Kayle, Kayle players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Kayle vs Swain face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.6% winrate overall.
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