Swain vs Amumu
How to Beat Amumu as Swain
based on 1,317 Swain vs Amumu matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Amumu Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Amumu Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Amumu as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Amumu
While laning, try to use Death's Hand's piercing damage to damage opponents from a safe distance.
If you're having trouble rooting an enemy with Nevermove, try throwing it at opponents when they are near their minions so the explosion surprises them.
Demonic Ascension may make Swain very hard to kill but he's pretty easy to get away from. Try building items that can slow opponents to keep them in range if their mobility is overwhelming.
Vision of Empire is quite difficult to land on its own, look for skirmishes around the map where enemies may be distracted or crowd controlled so you can land it more easily.
Advice to Win Against Amumu
Erratic movement, or hiding behind creep waves can make it difficult for Amumu to instigate a fight with Bandage Toss.
Amumu's Despair makes purchasing primarily Health items a risky proposition.
Avoid bunching up with other allies when Amumu has his ultimate available.
Swain vs Amumu Counter Stats
How to Counter Amumu with Swain in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some valuable Swain versus Amumu matchup stats that can help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Amumu’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Amumu..
Swain typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Amumu. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Swain and Amumu
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Who is Better, Swain or Amumu?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Swain usually wins when facing off against Amumu, with a 51.5% win rate. Thus, Swain makes a good counter to Amumu.
While Swain does have a higher win rate compared to Amumu, when on opposite teams, Swain also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Swain into Amumuas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Swain also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Amumu. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Swain vs Amumu matchups, Swain is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Swain is a decent counter to Amumu. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Swain against Amumu.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Swain in order to counter Amumu during both the lane 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 mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain most often accumulates more CS compared to Amumu. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Swain versus Amumu build include Liandry's Anguish, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Demonic Embrace. When Swain incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Amumu than with many other typical builds. In fact, Swain had an average win rate of 51.5% when countering Amumu with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing Amumu as Swain, Swain players should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Perfect Timing, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Swain vs Amumu counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.5% winrate overall.
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