Zac vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Zac
based on 3,298 Zac vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zac vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Zac vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Zac
Tips for Playing as Zac against Swain
Picking up goo chunks is very important to staying alive.
When Cell Division is ready, try to die in a position that makes it difficult for the enemy team to kill your bloblets.
Charging Elastic Slingshot from the fog of war will give opponents less time to react.
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.
Zac vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Zac in LoL
The stats provided here show some critical Zac against Swain matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Swain’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Swain..
Zac usually has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Swain. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zac and Swain
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Who is Better, Zac or Swain?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zac usually loses when taking on Swain, with a 48.2% win rate. As a result, Zac makes a bad counter for Swain.
While Zac does have a lower win rate than Swain, when on opposite teams, Zac also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zac into Swainas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Zac also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zac vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Zac is a somewhat poor counter to Swain. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Zac against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Zac 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 listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zac on average accumulates less CS as Swain. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Zac versus Swain build include Unending Despair, Spirit Visage, and Sunfire Aegis. When Zac incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Swain than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Zac had an average winrate of 48.2% when playing against Swain with this counter build.
To have the best probability of defeating Swain as Zac, Zac players should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Zac vs Swain counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.2% winrate overall.
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