Nilah vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Nilah
based on 2,203 Nilah vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nilah vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Nilah vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Nilah
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.
Nilah vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Nilah in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some strategic Nilah against Swain matchup statistics that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Swain’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Swain..
Nilah usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their opponent does. Commonly, they receives less damage than Swain. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Nilah or Swain?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nilah usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Swain, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Nilah makes an ok counter for Swain.
While Nilah does have a lower winrate compared to Swain, when on opposite teams, Nilah also has a greater level of difficulty that makes them a more time consuming character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nilah into Swainas their relative depth means you may not be able to reach their full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Nilah also has some 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 in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Nilah is a somewhat poor counter for Swain. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Nilah against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nilah in order to counter Swain during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nilah typically gets more CS compared to Swain. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Nilah versus Swain build consist of Bloodthirster, Immortal Shieldbow, and Navori Quickblades. When Nilah bought at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better vs. Swain than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Nilah had an average win rate of 49.8% when countering Swain with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Swain as Nilah, Nilah players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Nilah vs Swain counterpicks, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.8% winrate overall.
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