Swain vs Ivern
How to Beat Ivern as Swain
based on 1,480 Swain vs Ivern matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Ivern Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Ivern as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Ivern
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 Ivern
Be careful when fighting Ivern alone if he has Daisy ready to help!
Ivern's brush has a long duration. Watch out for ambushes!
Ivern can be deceptively slippery. Be careful chasing him too far.
Swain vs Ivern Counter Stats
How to Counter Ivern with Swain in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some influential Swain versus Ivern matchup stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ivern’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Ivern..
Swain normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Ivern. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Swain or Ivern?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Swain usually fairs equally well when facing off against Ivern, with a 50.2% win rate. As a result, Swain makes an ok counter for Ivern.
While Swain does have a higher winrate than Ivern, when on opposite teams, Swain also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Swain into Ivernas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Swain has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ivern. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Swain vs Ivern matchups, Swain is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Swain is a decent counter to Ivern. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Swain against Ivern.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Swain to counter Ivern during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain often racks up much more CS as Ivern. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Swain versus Ivern build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Ivern than with most other common builds. In fact, Swain had an average winrate of 50.2% when playing against Ivern with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Ivern 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 rune sets that we analyzed for Swain vs Ivern counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.2% winrate overall.
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