Jarvan IV with Swain
How to Synergize Jarvan IV and Swain
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Jarvan IV Swain Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Jarvan IV and Swain
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV with Swain
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
Advice to Understand How Swain Will Play
While laning, try to use Death's Hand's piercing damage to damage opponents from a safe distance.
Vision of Empire is quite difficult to land on its own, look for skirmishes around the map where enemies may be distracted or crowd controlled so you can land it more easily.
If you're having trouble rooting an enemy with Nevermove, try throwing it at opponents when they are near their minions so the explosion surprises them.
Demonic Ascension may make Swain very hard to kill but he's pretty easy to get away from. Try building items that can slow opponents to keep them in range if their mobility is overwhelming.
Jarvan IV Swain Synergy Stats
How to Play with Swain as Jarvan IV in LoL
The Jarvan IV Swain synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Swain, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Jarvan IV sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Swain. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Swain helps Jarvan IV perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Jarvan IV tries to synergize with Swain, he observes a little drop in his full damage output. This change could indicate that Swain does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Jarvan IV is played alongside Swain on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Swain.
Moreover, when Jarvan IV plays with Swain on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Swain does a poor job of covering Jarvan IV during team fights.
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Is Jarvan IV better when played alongside Swain?
There is no ideal ally for Jarvan IV that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. Yet, overall, Swain is a very typical ally for Jarvan IV. By being on the same team as Jarvan IV, he lowers their win rate by -0.4% to 48.2%. This shows that there is a weak bond between Jarvan IV and Swain that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Swain has a greater difficulty than Jarvan IV. That means you must be careful when enlisting Swain teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Playing on the same side, Jarvan IV players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. Together, these two will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Conversely, by grouping Jarvan IV and Swain together, you will not be granting your other teammates a great deal of sustained damage output. We recommend you include other champions on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Swain teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Jarvan IV in order to pair well with Swain during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to build first in your Jarvan IV and Swain synergy build consist of Experimental Hexplate, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Swain than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Jarvan IV boasted an average winrate of 48.2% when playing alongside Swain with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.2% win rate overall.
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