Swain vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Swain
based on 2,403 Swain vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Azir
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 Azir
Try to think of Sand Soldiers as fire. Don't stand in the fire.
Azir relies on his soldiers to deal damage and can only move them so often. Try to capitalize on windows of time when his soldiers are stationary.
Azir has immense damage over a prolonged amount of time but lacks the upfront burst of other mages. Try to burst him out before he can turn a confrontation around.
Swain vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Swain in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several important Swain versus Azir matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Azir’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Azir. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Swain often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Azir. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Swain and Azir
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Who is Better, Swain or Azir?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Swain usually fairs equally well when taking on Azir, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Swain makes an ok counter to Azir.
While Swain does have a lower win rate than Azir, when facing one another, Swain also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Swain into Aziras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Swain also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Swain vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Swain is a somewhat poor counter to Azir. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Swain against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Swain to counter Azir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain often gets less CS as Azir. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Swain versus Azir build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Azir than with many other typical builds. In fact, Swain boasted an average win rate of 49.8% battling Azir with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Azir as Swain, you should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Swain vs Azir battles, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.8% winrate overall.
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