Swain vs Anivia
How to Beat Anivia as Swain
based on 2,060 Swain vs Anivia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Anivia Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Anivia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Anivia as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Anivia
While laning, try to use Death's Hand's piercing damage to damage opponents from a safe distance.
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.
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.
Advice to Win Against Anivia
Try to gank Anivia when she's laning. With multiple people, it is easier to ensure that her egg dies.
If you're playing a ranged champion, stay far enough away from Anivia so you can dodge Flash Frost more easily.
Try to fight Anivia in the lanes. In the jungle she can block pathways with lower ranks of Crystallize.
Swain vs Anivia Counter Stats
How to Counter Anivia with Swain in LoL
The stats provided here feature several vital Swain vs. Anivia counter stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Anivia’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Anivia..
Swain often has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Anivia. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Swain or Anivia?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Swain usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Anivia, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Swain makes an ok counter to Anivia.
While Swain does have a lower winrate than Anivia, when on opposite teams, Swain also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Swain into Aniviaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Swain also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Anivia. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Swain vs Anivia matchups, Anivia is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Swain is a somewhat poor counter to Anivia. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Swain against Anivia.
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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 Anivia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain usually accumulates less CS compared to Anivia. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Swain versus Anivia build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs. Anivia than with many other common builds. In fact, Swain boasted an average winrate of 49.2% when countering Anivia with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Anivia as Swain, Swain players should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Swain vs Anivia counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.2% win rate overall.
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