Lucian vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Lucian
based on 8,234 Lucian vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Swain
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
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.
Lucian vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Lucian in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some important Lucian against Swain counter statistics that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Swain’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Swain..
Lucian normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Swain. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lucian and Swain
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Who is Better, Lucian or Swain?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lucian usually loses when trying to fight Swain, with a 48.9% win rate. Therefore, Lucian makes a poor counter to Swain.
While Lucian does have a lower winrate than Swain, when facing one another, Lucian also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Lucian into Swain.
Additionally, Lucian also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Lucian 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 late stage team fights.
Lucian is a somewhat poor counter to Swain. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lucian against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lucian in order to counter Swain during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian most often racks up more CS as Swain. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Lucian versus Swain build include Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Kraken Slayer. When Lucian used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Swain than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Lucian had an average win rate of 48.9% when playing against Swain with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Swain as Lucian, you should take the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Lucian vs Swain matchups, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.9% win rate overall.
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