Nami vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Nami
based on 3,914 Nami vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nami vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Nami vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Nami
Tips for Playing as Nami against Swain
Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.
Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.
Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.
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.
Nami vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Nami in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some valuable Nami versus Swain counter statistics that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. As an example, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Swain’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Swain. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Nami normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes less damage than Swain. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nami and Swain
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Who is Better, Nami or Swain?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nami usually fairs equally well when playing against Swain, with a 49.9% win rate. Therefore, Nami makes an ok counter to Swain.
While Nami does have a lower win rate compared to Swain, when facing one another, Nami also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Nami into Swain.
Moreover, Nami has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nami vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Nami is a somewhat poor counter for Swain. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nami against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nami 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 mind the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nami often racks up a lot less CS compared to Swain. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy 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 large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Nami versus Swain build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Imperial Mandate, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Nami combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when facing Swain than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Nami had an average winrate of 49.9% when playing against Swain with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Swain as Nami, you should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Nami vs Swain counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.9% winrate overall.
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