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How to Win Swain vs K'Sante Counter MatchupSwain is in the b tier of champions

Swain vs K'Sante

How to Beat K'Sante as Swain in LoLSwain is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat K'Sante as Swain

based on 2,138 Swain vs K'Sante matchups
Win Rate
54.8 %
K/D/A
2.64
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL rounds each and every week. In our data, Swain faced K'Sante in 2138 games. Having so many matchups for Swain versus K'Sante provides us faith in our ability to provide actionable statistics and a solid build to suppress K'Sante. This particular champion pairing is relatively rare. Swain is forced to battle against K'Sante in only 1.5% of his matches.

Swain vs K'Sante Matchup Summary

Swain has done a great job of beating K'Sante. Normally, he wins a terrific 54.8% of games the champions fight each other in. In Swain versus K'Sante matches, Swain’s team is 0.2% more likely to obtain first blood. This implies that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus K'Sante.

Best Swain vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Swain Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterMalignanceZhonya's Hourglass

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveFrozen HeartRiftmakerLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Swain to level upq
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Second ability for Swain to level upw
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Last skill for Swain to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Swain's passive ability p
Swain's q ability q
Swain's w ability w
Swain's e ability e
Swain's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
3
W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering K'Sante as Swain

Tips for Playing as Swain against K'Sante

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 K'Sante

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.

Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

Swain vs K'Sante Counter Stats

Swain Image
Win Rate
54.8 %
VS
Win Rate
45.2 %
K'Sante Image
5.4
< Kills >
4.8
6.1
< Deaths >
5.7
10.7
< Assists >
6.4
1.21
< Killing Sprees >
1.07
105
< Minions Killed >
168
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.36
1,499
< Physical Damage >
14,995
20,346
< Magic Damage >
3,712
848
< True Damage >
1,682
22,694
< Damage Dealt >
20,390
31,625
< Damage Taken >
31,742
10,443
< Gold Earned >
10,869
1.91
< Towers >
2.03
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
10,167
< Total Healing >
4,993
12,378
< Experience >
14,618
33
< Vision Score >
15
14
< Wards Placed >
8
375
< Time Dealing CC >
1,019

How to Counter K'Sante with Swain in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature some influential Swain vs. K'Sante matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences between the two. For instance, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than K'Sante’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than K'Sante. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Swain often has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to K'Sante. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Swain and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Swain
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Swain
K'Sante

Who is Better, Swain or K'Sante?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Swain usually wins when facing off against K'Sante, with a 54.8% win rate. As a result, Swain makes a great counter to K'Sante.

While Swain does have a much higher winrate compared to K'Sante, when they face off with one another, Swain also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Swain into K'Santeas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Swain has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to K'Sante. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Swain vs K'Sante matchups, Swain is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Swain is a great counter to K'Sante. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Swain against K'Sante.

Additional Information for Swain Players

How We Calculated Our Swain vs K'Sante Build and Stats

For this guide on countering K'Sante as Swain, we analyzed 2,138 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter K'Sante as Swain comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Swain in order to counter K'Sante during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Swain most often racks up less CS compared to K'Sante. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Swain versus K'Sante build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Swain included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting K'Sante than with many other typical builds. In fact, Swain had an average winrate of 54.8% when playing against K'Sante with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of crushing K'Sante as Swain, you should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Swain vs K'Sante LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 54.8% winrate overall.

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