Swain vs Hecarim
How to Beat Hecarim as Swain
based on 3,538 Swain vs Hecarim matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Hecarim Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Hecarim as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Hecarim
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 Hecarim
Hecarim's ultimate causes opponents to flee in terror. Spread out to reduce his power in fights.
Hecarim gains life from nearby enemies with Spirit of Dread but lacks durability, use burst damage.
Swain vs Hecarim Counter Stats
How to Counter Hecarim with Swain in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several important Swain vs. Hecarim counter statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Hecarim’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Hecarim..
Swain often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Hecarim. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Swain or Hecarim?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Swain usually wins when facing off against Hecarim, with a 53.9% win rate. Therefore, Swain makes a great counter for Hecarim.
While Swain does have a higher winrate than Hecarim, when they face off with one another, Swain also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Swain into Hecarimas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Swain has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Hecarim. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Swain vs Hecarim matchups, Swain is the better champion with a noticably 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 great counter for Hecarim. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Swain against Hecarim.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Swain to counter Hecarim during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain typically accumulates much more CS relative to Hecarim. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Swain versus Hecarim build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Riftmaker, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Hecarim than with many other common item sets. In fact, Swain boasted an average win rate of 53.9% battling Hecarim with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Hecarim 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. Out of all the runes players picked for Swain vs Hecarim counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.9% win rate overall.
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