Tryndamere vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Tryndamere
based on 3,663 Tryndamere vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tryndamere vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Tryndamere vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Tryndamere
Tips for Playing as Tryndamere against Swain
Delaying the activation of Undying Rage is a very effective way to make an enemy champion over-commit to trying to kill you.
If the enemy is stacking Armor, try building items like Last Whisper or Youmuu's Ghostblade.
Bloodlust is an excellent way to heal Tryndamere. Try not to let it fade off before you activate it.
Advice to Win Against Swain
Buying an item with Grievous Wounds will make Swain much easier to kill during his Demonic Ascension.
Swain's passive is very potent if you are immobilized. Make sure to be extra careful around enemies who have immobilizing effects.
High mobility counters all of Swain's basic abilities: Death's Hand does more damage the closer he is, Vision of Empire has a very long delay and Nevermove must start returning back to him to be dangerous.
Tryndamere vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Tryndamere in LoL
The stats provided here show several critical Tryndamere versus Swain matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences between the two. As an example, Tryndamere’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Swain’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Tryndamere may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Swain..
Tryndamere typically has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Swain. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Tryndamere and Swain
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Who is Better, Tryndamere or Swain?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Tryndamere usually loses when trying to fight Swain, with a 48.6% win rate. Thus, Tryndamere makes a bad counter to Swain.
While Tryndamere does have a lower win rate than Swain, when on opposite teams, Tryndamere also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Tryndamere into Swain.
Moreover, Tryndamere also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Tryndamere vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Tryndamere is a somewhat poor counter for Swain. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Tryndamere against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Tryndamere to counter Swain during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tryndamere on average gets more CS compared to Swain. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Tryndamere versus Swain build include Infinity Edge, Phantom Dancer, and Kraken Slayer. When Tryndamere incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Swain than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Tryndamere had an average winrate of 48.6% when playing against Swain with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Swain as Tryndamere, Tryndamere players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Tryndamere vs Swain counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.6% win rate overall.
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