Poppy vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Poppy
based on 2,171 Poppy vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Poppy vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Poppy vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Poppy
Tips for Playing as Poppy against Swain
Keeper's Verdict can be released immediately to send the enemy straight up, take advantage of this in duels.
Iron Ambassador tends to land near walls, try to take advantage of this with Heroic Charge.
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.
Poppy vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Poppy in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some critical Poppy versus Swain counter stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Swain’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Swain..
Poppy often has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Swain. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Poppy and Swain
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Who is Better, Poppy or Swain?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Poppy usually loses when facing off against Swain, with a 47.4% win rate. Thus, Poppy makes a bad counter to Swain.
While Poppy does have a lower win rate than Swain, when on opposite teams, Poppy also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champion to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Poppy into Swain.
Moreover, Poppy also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Swain. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Poppy 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.
Poppy is a bad counter to Swain. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Poppy against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Poppy 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 listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Poppy most often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Swain. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Poppy versus Swain build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Poppy combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Swain than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Poppy had an average win rate of 47.4% when playing against Swain with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Swain as Poppy, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Bone Plating, Revitalize, Biscuit Delivery, and Time Warp Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Poppy vs Swain matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.4% winrate overall.
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