Swain vs Syndra
How to Beat Syndra as Swain
based on 3,125 Swain vs Syndra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Syndra Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Syndra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Syndra as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Syndra
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 Syndra
Get boots early when playing against Syndra, they'll help you avoid many of her spells.
Attack Syndra after she's used Scatter the Weak, it has a long cooldown so she'll be vulnerable.
At max rank Syndra's spells gain bonus effects and change in appearance.
Swain vs Syndra Counter Stats
How to Counter Syndra with Swain in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several important Swain against Syndra counter statistics that may help you interpret the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Syndra’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Syndra..
Swain usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Syndra. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Swain and Syndra
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Who is Better, Swain or Syndra?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Swain usually wins when trying to fight Syndra, with a 51.4% win rate. Thus, Swain makes a good counter to Syndra.
While Swain does have a higher win rate compared to Syndra, when facing one another, Swain also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Swain into Syndraas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Swain also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Syndra. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Swain vs Syndra matchups, Swain is the better champ with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Swain is a decent counter for Syndra. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Swain against Syndra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Swain to counter Syndra during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain usually picks up less CS relative to Syndra. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Swain versus Syndra build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Swain combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Syndra than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Swain had an average winrate of 51.4% when countering Syndra with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Syndra as Swain, you 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. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Swain vs Syndra counterpicks, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.4% win rate overall.
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