Swain vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Swain
based on 10,038 Swain vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Swain vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Swain in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some important Swain versus Yasuo matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yasuo’s ratio of NaN, showing that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Yasuo. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Swain usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Yasuo. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Swain or Yasuo?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Swain usually wins when facing off against Yasuo, with a 51.4% win rate. Thus, Swain makes a good counter to Yasuo.
While Swain does have a higher winrate compared to Yasuo, when they face off with one another, Swain also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Swain into Yasuoas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Swain also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yasuo. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Swain vs Yasuo matchups, Swain is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Swain is a decent counter for Yasuo. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Swain against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Swain to counter Yasuo during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, 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 compared to Yasuo. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Swain versus Yasuo build include Malignance, Riftmaker, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Yasuo than with most other common item sets. In fact, Swain had an average winrate of 51.4% when countering Yasuo with this build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Yasuo as Swain, Swain players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Presence of Mind, and Last Stand runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Swain vs Yasuo counterpicks, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.4% win rate overall.
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