Swain vs Jarvan IV
How to Beat Jarvan IV as Swain
based on 2,043 Swain vs Jarvan IV matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Jarvan IV Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Jarvan IV Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jarvan IV as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Jarvan IV
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 Jarvan IV
Cataclysm's terrain is a frightening force to fight against, but movement abilities can go through it.
Keep out of the path between Jarvan IV and his Demacian Standard to avoid being knocked up in the air.
Swain vs Jarvan IV Counter Stats
How to Counter Jarvan IV with Swain in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some vital Swain versus Jarvan IV matchup statistics that can help you realize the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Jarvan IV..
Swain often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Jarvan IV. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Swain and Jarvan IV
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Who is Better, Swain or Jarvan IV?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Swain usually wins when facing off against Jarvan IV, with a 51.6% win rate. As a result, Swain makes a good counter to Jarvan IV.
While Swain does have a higher winrate compared to Jarvan IV, when they face off with one another, Swain also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Swain into Jarvan IVas 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 Jarvan IV. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Swain vs Jarvan IV matchups, Swain is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Swain is a decent counter to Jarvan IV. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Swain against Jarvan IV.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Swain to counter Jarvan IV 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 tips shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain most often accumulates more CS relative to Jarvan IV. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Swain versus Jarvan IV build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Jarvan IV than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Swain had an average win rate of 51.6% when countering Jarvan IV with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Jarvan IV 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 sets we have analyed for Swain vs Jarvan IV clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.6% winrate overall.
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