Swain vs Rell
How to Beat Rell as Swain
based on 1,836 Swain vs Rell matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Rell Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Rell Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rell as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Rell
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.
Swain vs Rell Counter Stats
How to Counter Rell with Swain in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some vital Swain versus Rell matchup stats that can help us explain the differences between these two champions. Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rell’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Rell. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Swain normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Rell. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Swain and Rell
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Who is Better, Swain or Rell?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Swain usually wins when taking on Rell, with a 55.3% win rate. Therefore, Swain makes a fantastic counter to Rell.
While Swain does have a much higher win rate than Rell, when facing one another, Swain also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Swain into Rellas 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 Rell. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing 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 Rell 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 team members during team fights.
Swain is a great counter for Rell. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Swain against Rell.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Swain to counter Rell during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain usually gets much more CS compared to Rell. Champions who on average don't earn much CS 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, champs with large amounts 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 reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Swain versus Rell build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Rell than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Swain boasted an average winrate of 55.3% when playing against Rell with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Rell 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. Out of all the rune sets players used for Swain vs Rell counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 55.3% win rate overall.
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