Swain vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Swain
based on 4,212 Swain vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Kayle
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 Kayle
Kayle starts the game as a weaker melee champion. Try to put her behind before she ascends to her ranged form.
Kayle is usually a fragile target. If you see her ultimate cast on an ally, switch to attacking her.
Divine Judgment only grants Kayle or her allies immunity to damage. Slows and stuns can still be applied, so trap them if they're being overzealous.
Swain vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Swain in LoL
The stats provided here feature some vital Swain vs. Kayle counter stats that may help you explain the differences between this pair of champions. Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayle’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kayle. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Swain normally has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Kayle. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Swain and Kayle
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Who is Better, Swain or Kayle?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Swain usually loses when taking on Kayle, with a 48.4% win rate. As a result, Swain makes a poor counter for Kayle.
While Swain does have a lower win rate than Kayle, when they face off with one another, Swain also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Swain into Kayleas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Swain has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayle. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Swain vs Kayle matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Swain is a somewhat poor counter to Kayle. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Swain against Kayle.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Swain in order to counter Kayle during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain on average gets less CS relative to Kayle. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Swain versus Kayle build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Solstice Sleigh, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Kayle than with most other typical builds. In fact, Swain had an average winrate of 48.4% when countering Kayle with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating Kayle 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. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Swain vs Kayle face-offs, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.4% win rate overall.
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