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

Swain vs Sylas

How to Beat Sylas as Swain in LoLSwain is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Sylas as Swain

based on 5,471 Swain vs Sylas matchups
Win Rate
48.8 %
K/D/A
2.37
Pick Rate
3.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League games every week. Within our database, Swain engaged Sylas 5471 times. With so many games with Swain versus Sylas gives us a lot of confidence in our capability to produce enlightening statistics and a recommended build to annihilate your foe. This counter matchup is relatively rare. Swain is forced to battle against Sylas in only 3.8% of his matches.

Swain vs Sylas Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Swain does a below average job of beating Sylas. Normally, he wins a acceptable 48.8% of games the champs face off with each other in. In Swain vs Sylas rounds, Swain’s team is 0.0% more probable to earn first blood, indicating that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Sylas.

Best Swain vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandAmplifying Tome

Core Swain Items

~22 Mins
Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeRiftmakerLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Spirit VisageZhonya's HourglassFrozen HeartJak'Sho, The Protean

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

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
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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Guide to Countering Sylas as Swain

Tips for Playing as Swain against Sylas

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 Sylas

Try to fight Sylas when he isn't able to take your ultimate.

Sylas's healthbar can be deceptive, watch out for his Kingslayer!

Swain vs Sylas Counter Stats

Swain Image
Win Rate
48.8 %
VS
Win Rate
51.2 %
Sylas Image
5.3
< Kills >
8.7
6.7
< Deaths >
7.1
10.6
< Assists >
7.1
1.19
< Killing Sprees >
1.98
97
< Minions Killed >
125
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.39
1,473
< Physical Damage >
574
20,051
< Magic Damage >
24,826
883
< True Damage >
860
22,409
< Damage Dealt >
26,260
30,706
< Damage Taken >
32,735
10,211
< Gold Earned >
11,660
1.72
< Towers >
1.59
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
8,965
< Total Healing >
9,980
12,059
< Experience >
13,725
33
< Vision Score >
19
15
< Wards Placed >
8
339
< Time Dealing CC >
283

How to Counter Sylas with Swain in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several valuable Swain vs. Sylas counter statistics that may help you realize the differences between the pair. For instance, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sylas’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Sylas..

Swain normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Sylas. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Swain and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Swain
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Swain
Sylas

Who is Better, Swain or Sylas?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Swain usually loses when playing against Sylas, with a 48.8% win rate. As a result, Swain makes a bad counter for Sylas.

While Swain does have a lower win rate compared to Sylas, when facing one another, Swain also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Swain into Sylasas 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 Sylas. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Swain vs Sylas matchups, Sylas is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Swain is a somewhat poor counter for Sylas. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Swain against Sylas.

Additional Information for Swain Players

How We Calculated Our Swain vs Sylas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sylas as Swain, we analyzed 5,471 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 Sylas 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 truly master Swain to counter Sylas during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Swain most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Sylas. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.

The best items to use in your Swain versus Sylas build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Riftmaker, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Sylas than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Swain had an average win rate of 48.8% battling Sylas with this build.

To have the highest probability of annihilating Sylas as Swain, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Swain vs Sylas counterpicks, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.8% winrate overall.

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