Swain vs Hwei
How to Beat Hwei as Swain
based on 6,797 Swain vs Hwei matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Hwei Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Hwei Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hwei as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Hwei
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 Hwei
After Hwei paints a Torment spell he is vulnerable to being rushed down.
Hwei needs to predict your positioning and take time to cast, catch him by surprise.
Hwei's lightning is deadly but slow; it deals more damage when you are alone or unable to move.
Swain vs Hwei Counter Stats
How to Counter Hwei with Swain in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several valuable Swain against Hwei matchup stats that may help us understand the differences and similarities between this set of champs. For instance, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Hwei’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Hwei..
Swain normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Hwei. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Swain and Hwei
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Who is Better, Swain or Hwei?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Swain usually wins when trying to fight Hwei, with a 54.0% win rate. Therefore, Swain makes a great counter to Hwei.
While Swain does have a much higher win rate compared to Hwei, when facing one another, Swain also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Swain into Hweias his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Swain has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Hwei. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Swain vs Hwei matchups, Swain is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Swain is a great counter to Hwei. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Swain against Hwei.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Swain in order to counter Hwei during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn 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 closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Hwei. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Swain versus Hwei build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Luden's Companion. When Swain used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Hwei than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Swain had an average win rate of 54.0% battling Hwei with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Hwei 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 rune sets players chose for Swain vs Hwei face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 54.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Hwei as Swain are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a specific rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.