Zyra vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Zyra
based on 6,174 Zyra vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Swain
Seeds grant vision to your team.
Placing a seed in your spell's path after you have cast it gives you the best chance of having a seed in the proper spot.
Zyra is a great ambusher - look for opportunities to set a trap of seeds in brush, then lure enemies in.
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.
Zyra vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Zyra in LoL
The stats shown here show some important Zyra versus Swain matchup stats that may help you interpret the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Swain’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Swain..
Zyra usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she receives less damage than Swain. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zyra and Swain
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Who is Better, Zyra or Swain?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zyra usually wins when trying to fight Swain, with a 52.0% win rate. As a result, Zyra makes a good counter to Swain.
While Zyra does have a higher winrate than Swain, when on opposite teams, Zyra also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zyra into Swainas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Zyra also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Swain. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Swain matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Zyra is a decent counter to Swain. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Zyra against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zyra in order to counter Swain during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra on average picks up less CS as Swain. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Zyra versus Swain build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Cryptbloom, and Liandry's Torment. When Zyra bought at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better countering Swain than with most other common builds. In fact, Zyra had an average win rate of 52.0% battling Swain with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Swain as Zyra, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Zyra vs Swain LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.0% win rate overall.
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