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How to Win Swain vs Nidalee Counter MatchupSwain is in the b tier of champions

Swain vs Nidalee

How to Beat Nidalee as Swain in LoLSwain is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Nidalee as Swain

based on 973 Swain vs Nidalee matchups
Win Rate
58 %
K/D/A
2.48
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of ranked League rounds that we review every week. Our guide on how to beat Nidalee as Swain came out of an analysis of 973 ranked games where both champions battled each other. This particular counter matchup is somewhat rare. Swain encounters Nidalee in only 0.7% of his games.

Swain vs Nidalee Matchup Summary

Swain does a great job of countering Nidalee. On average, he wins a fantastic 58.0% of matches the champions face each other in. In Swain against Nidalee matches, Swain’s team is 0.0% more probable to get first blood. This indicates that he probably will be able to get first blood against Nidalee.

Best Swain vs Nidalee Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalAmplifying Tome

Core Swain Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterMalignanceLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

RiftmakerZhonya's HourglassCosmic DriveZaz'Zak's Realmspike

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
Adaptive ForceAdaptive 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
2
Q
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Swain

Tips for Playing as Swain against Nidalee

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 Nidalee

Nidalee's Javelin Toss deals more damage the farther she is. If she is far away, it's imperative to dodge it.

Nidalee's Takedown deals extreme damage to Hunted targets, but she has to get close to use it. Save your crowd control or defensive abilities for when she goes in for the kill.

Nidalee's Hunt debuff is only applied with Javelin Toss and Bushwhack. Avoiding being hit by these abilities will impair her ability to deal follow-up damage.

Swain vs Nidalee Counter Stats

Swain Image
Win Rate
58 %
VS
Win Rate
42 %
Nidalee Image
5.4
< Kills >
7.2
6.3
< Deaths >
6.4
10.2
< Assists >
7.8
1.22
< Killing Sprees >
1.62
98
< Minions Killed >
41
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.98
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.4
1,467
< Physical Damage >
1,272
19,523
< Magic Damage >
17,785
925
< True Damage >
1,063
21,916
< Damage Dealt >
20,121
30,958
< Damage Taken >
31,356
10,379
< Gold Earned >
11,507
1.93
< Towers >
1.37
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.22
8,975
< Total Healing >
16,042
12,383
< Experience >
12,924
33
< Vision Score >
26
15
< Wards Placed >
8
346
< Time Dealing CC >
147

How to Counter Nidalee with Swain in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several critical Swain vs. Nidalee matchup stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nidalee’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nidalee..

Swain usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Nidalee. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Swain and Nidalee

Damage Types Compared

Swain
Nidalee
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Swain
Nidalee

Who is Better, Swain or Nidalee?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Swain usually wins when playing against Nidalee, with a 58.0% win rate. Thus, Swain makes a fantastic counter to Nidalee.

While Swain does have a much higher win rate than Nidalee, when on opposite teams, Swain also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Swain into Nidaleeas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Swain has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nidalee. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter 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 Nidalee matchups, Swain is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Swain is a great counter for Nidalee. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Swain against Nidalee.

Additional Information for Swain Players

How We Calculated Our Swain vs Nidalee Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nidalee as Swain, we analyzed 973 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 Nidalee 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Swain to counter Nidalee during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Swain usually gets more CS relative to Nidalee. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Swain versus Nidalee build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Nidalee than with most other typical builds. In fact, Swain had an average winrate of 58.0% when countering Nidalee with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of defeating Nidalee 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. Of all the runes we have analyed for Swain vs Nidalee counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 58.0% win rate overall.

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