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

Swain vs Volibear

How to Beat Volibear as Swain in LoLSwain is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Volibear as Swain

based on 2,976 Swain vs Volibear matchups
Win Rate
52.6 %
K/D/A
2.62
Pick Rate
2.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL games every week. Within our dataset, Swain faced Volibear 2976 times. Including so many matchups for Swain vs Volibear gives us a lot of faith in our ability to provide actionable stats and a solid build to annihilate Volibear. This particular champ pairing is relatively rare. Swain encounters Volibear in only 2.1% of his matches.

Swain vs Volibear Matchup Summary

Swain does a good job of countering Volibear. Normally, he wins a terrific 52.6% of the time the champs fight one another in. In Swain versus Volibear games, Swain’s side is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood, implying that he most likely will get first blood versus Volibear.

Best Swain vs Volibear Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Swain Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterZhonya's HourglassZaz'Zak's Realmspike

Optional Items

Frozen HeartCosmic DriveRod of AgesRiftmaker

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Swain to level upq
>
Second ability for Swain to level upw
>
Last skill for Swain to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
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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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Volibear as Swain

Tips for Playing as Swain against Volibear

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 Volibear Counter Stats

Swain Image
Win Rate
52.6 %
VS
Win Rate
47.4 %
Volibear Image
5.4
< Kills >
5.5
6.1
< Deaths >
6.6
10.6
< Assists >
5.9
1.21
< Killing Sprees >
1.24
95
< Minions Killed >
123
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.53
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.48
1,440
< Physical Damage >
11,482
19,474
< Magic Damage >
8,872
879
< True Damage >
694
21,794
< Damage Dealt >
21,049
30,307
< Damage Taken >
33,444
10,231
< Gold Earned >
11,431
1.87
< Towers >
2.42
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.11
9,336
< Total Healing >
8,966
12,207
< Experience >
13,968
32
< Vision Score >
17
15
< Wards Placed >
7
349
< Time Dealing CC >
512

How to Counter Volibear with Swain in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize some significant Swain vs. Volibear counter stats that may help us understand the differences and similarities between these two champs. Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Volibear’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Volibear. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Swain often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Volibear. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Swain and Volibear

Damage Types Compared

Swain
Volibear
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Swain
Volibear

Who is Better, Swain or Volibear?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Swain usually wins when taking on Volibear, with a 52.6% win rate. Thus, Swain makes a good counter for Volibear.

While Swain does have a higher win rate compared to Volibear, when they face off with one another, Swain also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Swain into Volibearas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Swain also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Volibear. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Swain vs Volibear 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 allied champions during late stage team fights.

Swain is an above average counter to Volibear. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Swain against Volibear.

Additional Information for Swain Players

How We Calculated Our Swain vs Volibear Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Volibear as Swain, we analyzed 2,976 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 Volibear 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

If you would like to truly master Swain in order to counter Volibear during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Swain typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Volibear. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The top items to have in your Swain versus Volibear build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Swain incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Volibear than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Swain had an average win rate of 52.6% when countering Volibear with this build.

To have the greatest probability of beating Volibear as Swain, Swain players 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 combinations we have analyed for Swain vs Volibear fights, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.6% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Volibear as Swain are shown for every ranked division. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.