Swain vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Swain
based on 2,171 Swain vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Poppy
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 Poppy
Poppy can stop nearby enemies from dashing with Steadfast Presence.
When Poppy starts to spin her hammer, she is charging Keeper's Verdict.
You can step on Poppy's shield to deny it from her.
Swain vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Swain in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some influential Swain versus Poppy matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences between the two. Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Poppy’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Poppy..
Swain typically has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Poppy. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Swain and Poppy
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Who is Better, Swain or Poppy?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Swain usually wins when playing against Poppy, with a 52.6% win rate. Therefore, Swain makes a good counter to Poppy.
While Swain does have a higher win rate than Poppy, when they face off with one another, Swain also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Swain into Poppyas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Swain also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Poppy. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Swain vs Poppy matchups, Swain is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Swain is an above average counter for Poppy. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Swain against Poppy.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Swain in order to counter Poppy during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Poppy. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Swain versus Poppy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Swain included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Poppy than with most other common builds. In fact, Swain boasted an average winrate of 52.6% battling Poppy with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Poppy as Swain, Swain players should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Swain vs Poppy counters, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.6% win rate overall.
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