Vel'Koz vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Vel'Koz
based on 3,199 Vel'Koz vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Swain
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
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.
Vel'Koz vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some vital Vel'Koz versus Swain counter stats that can help you interpret the differences between the two. As an example, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Swain’s ratio of NaN, showing that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Swain..
Vel'Koz usually has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Swain. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Swain
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Swain?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Swain, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter for Swain.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower win rate compared to Swain, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Swainas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vel'Koz also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Vel'Koz is a somewhat poor counter for Swain. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz to counter Swain during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz often racks up a similar amount of CS as Swain. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Vel'Koz versus Swain build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Horizon Focus, and Stormsurge. When Vel'Koz included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Swain than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average winrate of 49.9% when playing against Swain with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing Swain as Vel'Koz, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Vel'Koz vs Swain face-offs, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.9% win rate overall.
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