Nasus vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Nasus
based on 4,170 Nasus vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Swain
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
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.
Nasus vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some valuable Nasus versus Swain matchup statistics that can help us grasp the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Swain’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Swain..
Nasus often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Swain. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nasus and Swain
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Who is Better, Nasus or Swain?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nasus usually loses when trying to fight Swain, with a 47.8% win rate. As a result, Nasus makes a bad counter for Swain.
While Nasus does have a lower winrate than Swain, when on opposite teams, Nasus also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Nasus into Swain.
Moreover, Nasus has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nasus 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.
Nasus is a terribly counter to Swain. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Nasus against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nasus 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus usually accumulates more CS relative to Swain. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have 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, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Nasus versus Swain build consist of Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Frozen Heart. When Nasus included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Swain than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nasus had an average win rate of 47.8% battling Swain with this build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Swain as Nasus, Nasus players should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Nasus vs Swain matchups, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Swain as Nasus are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.