Swain vs Taliyah
How to Beat Taliyah as Swain
based on 1,481 Swain vs Taliyah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Taliyah Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Taliyah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Taliyah
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 Taliyah
When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.
Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!
Swain vs Taliyah Counter Stats
How to Counter Taliyah with Swain in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some critical Swain against Taliyah matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Taliyah’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Taliyah..
Swain often has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Taliyah. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Swain and Taliyah
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Who is Better, Swain or Taliyah?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Swain usually wins when taking on Taliyah, with a 52.1% win rate. Therefore, Swain makes a good counter to Taliyah.
While Swain does have a higher winrate compared to Taliyah, when on opposite teams, Swain also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Swain into Taliyahas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Swain also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taliyah. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Swain vs Taliyah matchups, Swain is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Swain is a good counter for Taliyah. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Swain against Taliyah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Swain to counter Taliyah during both the laning 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 mind the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Taliyah. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Swain versus Taliyah build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Taliyah than with most other typical builds. In fact, Swain boasted an average win rate of 52.1% when countering Taliyah with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Taliyah as Swain, you should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Swain vs Taliyah clashes, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.1% win rate overall.
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