Varus vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Varus
based on 5,596 Varus vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Swain
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
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.
Varus vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Varus in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some strategic Varus vs. Swain counter statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between this set of champs. Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Swain’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Swain..
Varus normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes less damage than Swain. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Swain
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Who is Better, Varus or Swain?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Varus usually loses when trying to fight Swain, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Varus makes a poor counter to Swain.
While Varus does have a lower win rate than Swain, when facing one another, Varus also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Varus into Swain.
Additionally, Varus has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Swain. 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 Varus vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Varus is a somewhat poor counter for Swain. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Varus against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Varus to counter Swain during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus most often gets more CS relative to Swain. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Varus versus Swain build consist of Guinsoo's Rageblade, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Varus incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Swain than with most other typical builds. In fact, Varus boasted an average win rate of 48.7% when playing against Swain with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of annihilating Swain as Varus, Varus players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Varus vs Swain matchups, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.7% winrate overall.
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