Sivir vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Sivir
based on 2,034 Sivir vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sivir vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Sivir vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Sivir
Tips for Playing as Sivir against Swain
Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
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.
Sivir vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Sivir in LoL
The stats provided here feature several significant Sivir vs. Swain counter statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between this pair of champions. Sivir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Swain’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Sivir may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Swain..
Sivir usually has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Swain. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sivir and Swain
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Who is Better, Sivir or Swain?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sivir usually loses when facing off against Swain, with a 44.2% win rate. Thus, Sivir makes a poor counter to Swain.
While Sivir does have a much lower winrate compared to Swain, when facing one another, Sivir also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Sivir into Swain.
Furthermore, Sivir has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sivir vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Sivir is a garbage counter for Swain. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Sivir against Swain.
Other Champion Matchups Against Sivir
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sivir in order to counter Swain during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sivir usually gets more CS compared to Swain. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Sivir versus Swain build include Phantom Dancer, Bloodthirster, and Navori Quickblades. When Sivir bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better versus Swain than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Sivir had an average winrate of 44.2% when countering Swain with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Swain as Sivir, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Sivir vs Swain face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 44.2% win rate overall.
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