Olaf vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Olaf
based on 1,247 Olaf vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Olaf vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Olaf vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Olaf
Tips for Playing as Olaf against Swain
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
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.
Olaf vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Olaf in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several significant Olaf against Swain matchup statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Olaf’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Swain’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Olaf may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Swain..
Olaf typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Swain. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Olaf and Swain
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Who is Better, Olaf or Swain?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Olaf usually loses when taking on Swain, with a 47.2% win rate. Thus, Olaf makes a poor counter to Swain.
While Olaf does have a lower win rate than Swain, when facing one another, Olaf also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Olaf into Swain.
Furthermore, Olaf also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Olaf 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 allies during teamfights.
Olaf is a terribly counter for Swain. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Olaf against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Olaf in order to counter Swain during both the lane 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 shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Olaf often gets more CS as Swain. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well 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 situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Olaf versus Swain build include Experimental Hexplate, Ravenous Hydra, and Death's Dance. When Olaf incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Swain than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Olaf boasted an average winrate of 47.2% battling Swain with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Swain as Olaf, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Olaf vs Swain battles, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.2% win rate overall.
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