Swain vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Swain
based on 6,174 Swain vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Zyra
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 Zyra
Moving closer to Zyra can be a smart move if she places plants too far away from herself.
Moving the fight to a different area will deprive Zyra of accumulated seeds.
Plants take fixed damage from attacks and effects, similar to wards. They also expire quickly on their own.
Seeds placed by Zyra's W are larger, a different color, and grant a small amount of vision to her team.
Zyra's seeds can be destroyed by stepping on them. If she tries to grow them as you do, dodge back at the last moment.
Swain vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Swain in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some vital Swain vs. Zyra matchup statistics that may help you realize the differences between the pair. As an example, Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zyra’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zyra..
Swain usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Zyra. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Swain and Zyra
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Who is Better, Swain or Zyra?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Swain usually loses when playing against Zyra, with a 48.0% win rate. Therefore, Swain makes a poor counter for Zyra.
While Swain does have a lower win rate compared to Zyra, when facing one another, Swain also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Swain into Zyraas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Swain has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zyra. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Swain vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Swain is a trash counter for Zyra. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Swain against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Swain to counter Zyra during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain most often gets more CS relative to Zyra. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Swain versus Zyra build include Malignance, Riftmaker, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Zyra than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Swain had an average winrate of 48.0% when playing against Zyra with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Zyra as Swain, you should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Swain vs Zyra face-offs, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.0% winrate overall.
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