Swain vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Swain
based on 7,675 Swain vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Nocturne
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 Nocturne
Nocturne's Unspeakable Horror is broken with range, so try to save your movement abilities for when he casts it.
Stay close to your allies when Paranoia is cast - there is strength in numbers!
Swain vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Swain in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several vital Swain versus Nocturne matchup stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nocturne’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nocturne..
Swain normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Nocturne. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Swain and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Swain or Nocturne?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Swain usually wins when trying to fight Nocturne, with a 51.1% win rate. Therefore, Swain makes a good counter for Nocturne.
While Swain does have a higher win rate compared to Nocturne, when facing one another, Swain also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Swain into Nocturneas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Swain has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nocturne. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Swain vs Nocturne matchups, Swain is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Swain is a decent counter for Nocturne. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Swain against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Swain in order to counter Nocturne during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain often racks up more CS as Nocturne. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They 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 need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Swain versus Nocturne build consist of Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Riftmaker. When Swain incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Nocturne than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Swain boasted an average win rate of 51.1% battling Nocturne with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Nocturne as Swain, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Swain vs Nocturne battles, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.1% win rate overall.
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