Swain vs Vladimir
How to Beat Vladimir as Swain
based on 4,351 Swain vs Vladimir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Vladimir Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Vladimir as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Vladimir
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 Vladimir
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
Swain vs Vladimir Counter Stats
How to Counter Vladimir with Swain in LoL
The stats provided here show several valuable Swain against Vladimir counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vladimir’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vladimir..
Swain usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Vladimir. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Swain or Vladimir?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Swain usually fairs equally well when playing against Vladimir, with a 50.8% win rate. Therefore, Swain makes an ok counter to Vladimir.
While Swain does have a higher win rate than Vladimir, when facing one another, Swain also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Swain into Vladimiras his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Swain also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vladimir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting 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 Vladimir matchups, Swain is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Swain is a decent counter for Vladimir. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Swain against Vladimir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Swain in order to counter Vladimir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain typically gets less CS relative to Vladimir. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Swain versus Vladimir build consist of Malignance, Riftmaker, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Vladimir than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Swain boasted an average winrate of 50.8% battling Vladimir with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Vladimir as Swain, Swain players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Swain vs Vladimir LoL games, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.8% win rate overall.
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