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How to Win Yuumi vs Swain Counter MatchupYuumi is in the b tier of champions

Yuumi vs Swain

How to Beat Swain as Yuumi in LoLYuumi is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Swain as Yuumi

based on 3,029 Yuumi vs Swain matchups
Win Rate
43.8 %
K/D/A
4.46
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup stats from the millions of rated LoL matches that we evaluate every week. Our guide on how to beat Swain as Yuumi resulted from an examination of 3029 ranked games where both champs clashed against each other. This counter matchup is fairly rare. Yuumi encounters Swain in only 3.6% of her matches.

Yuumi vs Swain Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Yuumi does a pathetic job of beating Swain. Normally, she wins a lowly 43.8% of games the champs battle one another in. In Yuumi versus Swain rounds, Yuumi’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood. This indicates that she probably will get first blood versus Swain.

Best Yuumi vs Swain Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalGlowing Mote

Core Yuumi Items

~22 Mins
Dream MakerImperial MandateMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

DawncoreRedemptionArdent CenserStaff of Flowing Water

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Yuumi to level upq
>
Second ability for Yuumi to level upe
>
Last skill for Yuumi to max outq

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
ResolveFont of LifeRevitalize
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Yuumi's passive ability p
Yuumi's q ability q
Yuumi's w ability w
Yuumi's e ability e
Yuumi's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
Q
4
E
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
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R
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Q
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E
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Swain as Yuumi

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.

Yuumi vs Swain Counter Stats

Yuumi Image
Win Rate
43.8 %
VS
Win Rate
56.2 %
Swain Image
1.4
< Kills >
4.4
3.7
< Deaths >
5.7
15.1
< Assists >
9.3
0.26
< Killing Sprees >
1
11
< Minions Killed >
91
0.01
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.45
310
< Physical Damage >
1,256
7,473
< Magic Damage >
14,716
699
< True Damage >
731
8,483
< Damage Dealt >
16,704
7,743
< Damage Taken >
26,517
7,683
< Gold Earned >
9,507
2.06
< Towers >
1.94
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
6,396
< Total Healing >
7,400
10,430
< Experience >
11,238
34
< Vision Score >
30
16
< Wards Placed >
13
165
< Time Dealing CC >
308

How to Counter Swain with Yuumi in LoL

The stats provided here show some strategic Yuumi against Swain counter statistics that can help you grasp the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Yuumi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Swain’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yuumi may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Swain. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Yuumi often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she receives less damage than Swain. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Yuumi and Swain

Damage Types Compared

Yuumi
Swain
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Yuumi
Swain

Who is Better, Yuumi or Swain?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yuumi usually loses when taking on Swain, with a 43.8% win rate. Thus, Yuumi makes a poor counter to Swain.

While Yuumi does have a much lower winrate compared to Swain, when facing one another, Yuumi also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Yuumi into Swain.

Additionally, Yuumi also has a lot of utility and CC, 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 is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Yuumi vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Yuumi is a bad counter to Swain. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Yuumi against Swain.

Other Champion Matchups Against Yuumi

Yuumi Loses Against

LeonaLeona39.4% winrateTrundleTrundle39.7% winrateUrgotUrgot39.8% winrateYasuoYasuo39.9% winrate

Yuumi Wins Against

GnarGnar51.5% winrateEzrealEzreal50.8% winrateQiyanaQiyana50.4% winrateKarthusKarthus49.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Yuumi Players

How We Calculated Our Yuumi vs Swain Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Swain as Yuumi, we analyzed 3,029 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 Yuumi 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.

Other Useful Resources

Yuumi Build Swain Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Yuumi to counter Swain during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Yuumi typically gets a lot less CS relative to Swain. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Yuumi versus Swain build include Dream Maker, Imperial Mandate, and Moonstone Renewer. When Yuumi incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did much better countering Swain than with most other common item sets. In fact, Yuumi had an average win rate of 43.8% when playing against Swain with these items in her kit.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Swain as Yuumi, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Font of Life, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Yuumi vs Swain clashes, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 43.8% win rate overall.

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