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Do not attempt to fight him after six, poke him enough to where you can get his passive down. You cannot 1v1 him while his passive is up and he'll most likely rush Visage too. Your best bet is to farm under turret and wait for laning phase to be over or for a gank from jg or mid
Aatrox
You just lose this match up, your best chance is to time his q's and poke him when he can't all in you.
Dr. Mundo
Don't let him farm, but don't take any unnecessary trades
Darius
Glacial augment will be good for this match up
Gangplank
you kite him out, you should win most trades in this match up, I recommend taking revitalize so your healing from your passive and grasp rune can help you stay in lane longer
Fiora
Don't let her farm and poke her down, but play safe don't let her all in you. If you get help from jungle or mid and kill her enough you should be fine late game
Illaoi
you just don't win this, poke, don't take any trades and stay under tower and dodge her grabs
Garen
It really a game of "Who chimps more?" Most of the time swain should win this match up if he baits and pokes Garen. Don't let his passive start and build morellos. Just kite him really
Mordekaiser
Hard match up for a lot of top laners, rush zhonya's and banshee's ask jungle for help
Gnar
You can't poke him down, he'll out kite you and his all in is insane against you. Rush Zhyona's and maybe banshee's play safe and be way of his mega gnar form
Jax
Kite him out, poke him when you get the chance and rush zhonya's as a first item
Camille
This match up is tricky, just watch out for her all ins and poke her and kite her out and you should be fine, you out scale her anyways
Maokai
Poke him down and don't trade with him
Ornn
Just farm and poke, get as many passive and grasp procs as you can and watch out for his all ins
Wukong
You simply don't win this match up, play safe and farm don't even bother fighting without jungle
Renekton
Kiting is your only option here
Irelia
Yorick
Sion
Just poke and kite him out, the only threat is his all in after six just try to dodge his ults and you should be fine
Urgot
just don't get close to him and don't try to fight him after six without a jg or mid gank
Sett
Kite and poke is the name of the game here just be safe, you out scale him
Tryndamere
ooga booga I too mad to die haha
Kled
just dodge his q's and e's and you should be fine
Shen
save your e's for his lvl 3 all ins and you should be fine
Yasuo
Get him tilted, 9 times out of 10 every yasuo main is a 10 year old that gets mad at every little comment
Yo! My Name is purple! I usually go by the gamer tag "Hiimpurple" but I go by "BoomerLogic" on League. I only started playing league in August of last year but I think I've come a long way since then. This is my first guide on mobafire and any helpful tips or comments are welcome!
Why play Swain?
In my opinion, Swain is criminally underrated as a champ. He scales harder than most top laners, he's a better support than half the support cast and his mid lane is nothing to sleep on either. You can build him so many different ways that it's insane I don't see him more often. He has so much sustain that allows him to stay in lane longer than most top laners and building him as an AP tank mage is probably one of the most powerful builds in the game. But he still has insane potential as a burst dmg champ as well. He can excel in long fights or short trades and he doubles as a second support! I just hope you guys can learn to appreciate Swain as much as I do
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