Swain vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Swain
based on 13,911 Swain vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Swain vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Swain in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several critical Swain vs. Caitlyn counter statistics that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Caitlyn..
Swain typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Caitlyn. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Swain and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Swain or Caitlyn?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Swain usually wins when facing off against Caitlyn, with a 51.9% win rate. Therefore, Swain makes a good counter to Caitlyn.
While Swain does have a higher win rate than Caitlyn, when facing one another, Swain also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Swain into Caitlynas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Swain also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Swain vs Caitlyn matchups, Swain is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Swain is a decent counter to Caitlyn. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Swain against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Swain to counter Caitlyn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain most often racks up less CS as Caitlyn. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Swain versus Caitlyn build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Cosmic Drive, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Caitlyn than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Swain had an average winrate of 51.9% when countering Caitlyn with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Caitlyn as Swain, you should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Swain vs Caitlyn clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.9% win rate overall.
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