Nautilus vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Nautilus
based on 5,633 Nautilus vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nautilus vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Nautilus vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Nautilus
Tips for Playing as Nautilus against Swain
While ganking, consider aiming Dredge Line at nearby terrain and following it up with Riptide for a higher hit rate.
Riptide has a delayed blast timing on activation - you can use this while running away or when enemies are incoming to serve as a deterrent.
Advice to Win Against Swain
Swain's passive is very potent if you are immobilized. Make sure to be extra careful around enemies who have immobilizing effects.
Buying an item with Grievous Wounds will make Swain much easier to kill during his Demonic Ascension.
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.
Nautilus vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Nautilus in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several strategic Nautilus vs. Swain matchup statistics that can help you realize the distinctions between the pair. Nautilus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Swain’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nautilus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Swain..
Nautilus typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Swain. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nautilus and Swain
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Who is Better, Nautilus or Swain?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nautilus usually loses when facing off against Swain, with a 45.3% win rate. As a result, Nautilus makes a bad counter to Swain.
While Nautilus does have a much lower winrate than Swain, when facing one another, Nautilus also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Nautilus into Swain.
Moreover, Nautilus has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Swain. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nautilus vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Nautilus is a bad counter to Swain. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nautilus against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nautilus to counter Swain during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nautilus typically gets less CS as Swain. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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 many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Nautilus versus Swain build consist of Evenshroud, Zeke's Convergence, and Knight's Vow. When Nautilus bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Swain than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nautilus boasted an average winrate of 45.3% battling Swain with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Swain as Nautilus, you should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Nautilus vs Swain counters, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 45.3% win rate overall.
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