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How to Win Yone vs Swain Counter MatchupYone is in the b tier of champions

Yone vs Swain

How to Beat Swain as Yone in LoLYone is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Swain as Yone

based on 8,734 Yone vs Swain matchups
Win Rate
50.4 %
K/D/A
1.84
Pick Rate
3.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League games each and every week. Within our dataset, Yone fought Swain 8734 times. Including so many games with Yone versus Swain provides us a lot of faith in our capability to prepare enlightening data and a recommended build to crush your rival. This champion matchup is somewhat rare. Yone has to counter Swain in only 3.7% of his rounds.

Yone vs Swain Matchup Summary

Yone does a ok job of beating Swain. On average, he wins a acceptable 50.4% of matches the champions oppose one another in. In Yone against Swain rounds, Yone’s side is 0.1% less likely to obtain first blood. This implies that he probably won't get first blood against Swain.

Best Yone vs Swain Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowBerserker's Greaves

Core Yone Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeBloodthirsterBlade of The Ruined King

Optional Items

Guardian AngelImmortal ShieldbowTerminusDeath's Dance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Yone to level upq
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Second ability for Yone to level upe
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Last skill for Yone to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Yone's passive ability p
Yone's q ability q
Yone's w ability w
Yone's e ability e
Yone's ultimate ability r
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Swain as Yone

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.

Yone vs Swain Counter Stats

Yone Image
Win Rate
50.4 %
VS
Win Rate
49.6 %
Swain Image
7.2
< Kills >
5.2
6.8
< Deaths >
6.5
5.3
< Assists >
10.5
1.64
< Killing Sprees >
1.17
179
< Minions Killed >
96
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.43
17,593
< Physical Damage >
1,391
5,386
< Magic Damage >
18,558
3,125
< True Damage >
908
26,106
< Damage Dealt >
20,858
26,447
< Damage Taken >
30,986
12,524
< Gold Earned >
10,256
2.12
< Towers >
1.77
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,349
< Total Healing >
8,992
15,181
< Experience >
12,384
17
< Vision Score >
33
8
< Wards Placed >
15
200
< Time Dealing CC >
365

How to Counter Swain with Yone in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight several significant Yone against Swain matchup stats that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Yone’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Swain’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Yone may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Swain..

Yone often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Swain. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Yone and Swain

Damage Types Compared

Yone
Swain
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Yone
Swain

Who is Better, Yone or Swain?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yone usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Swain, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Yone makes an ok counter for Swain.

While Yone does have a higher winrate than Swain, when facing one another, Yone also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Yone into Swainas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Yone has only a small 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 one best champion in League of Legends, in Yone vs Swain matchups, Yone is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Yone is a decent counter for Swain. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yone against Swain.

Additional Information for Yone Players

How We Calculated Our Yone vs Swain Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Swain as Yone, we analyzed 8,734 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Swain as Yone comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Yone in order to counter Swain during both the lane 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 mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Yone on average gets more CS as Swain. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The best items to use in your Yone versus Swain build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Yone used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Swain than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Yone had an average win rate of 50.4% when countering Swain with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of annihilating Swain as Yone, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Yone vs Swain counters, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.4% winrate overall.

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