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"Men are too weak to rule, but I am no man" - Swai
"Men are too weak to rule, but I am no man" - Swai
Even after the nerfs, Sylas is still a huge counter to Swain. Play safe, poke and be careful at 6.
Darius
If you dare to come a little closer than you should, you are basically dead. One bad step, one missed spell and you are not able to win. If you play perfectly you might be able to kill him, but his Hemorrhage counters your healing.
Dr. Mundo
You will outrade him 100% of the time in the early game, after 6 you will get weaker against him and it will go only that way till the end. Use your early damage potential to feed yourself up.
Gangplank
Total skill matchup, he counters your root by oranges, so you're not able to hit him with W which sucks, but at the same time, it's hard to die against him!
Irelia
U DEAD
Jax
You're fine. As long as he misses his stun. If he doesn't, you can't outtrade him. His mid/late game is better than yours, just call your jungler.
Kayle
You are ranged and she's melee till lvl 11. Your ult is better, wreck her in laning phase.
Kennen
You outtrade him early, at 6 you're gonna have problems with his multiple stun and he can easily burst you down.
Nasus
Take Phase Rush and bully him early. Don't even try to fight him after, he can dive you without problems and Stopwatch won't help.
Mordekaiser
Really easy matchup and Swain is one of the only champions that can 1v1 him. You are a teamfight beast, so he will try to ult you. Overall pretty easy.
Quinn
You will be surprised how much dmg she has early, but at 6, she doesn't stand a chance.
Renekton
His ultimate is better. Be careful about his combo. If he hits it how he wants, you won't be able to outtrade it.
Yasuo
He counters your E hard, but he cannot kill you at the same time, so your jungler doesn't have to gank your lane and focus on the others. Kill him at 6, he doesn't stand a chance.
Volibear
Use Phase Rush and bully the sh*t outta him till 6. If you get too close, he might burst you, but as long as you keep your distance, you are fine.
Garen
I don't know what to say about this matchup. Sometimes you have the damage needed, sometimes he'll freely walk to your turret, use Demolish and walk away with full health. A pretty weird one.
Riven
Good Rivens win, bad ones lose. It's simple, u should be okay, because your E hitbox counters Riven's E. Yeah, a weird way to win against her.
Gnar
HE DEAD. Backup when he gets his form, bully him when he's not enraged. Simple, easy. He sucks against you.
Aatrox
After the buffs, he got so much better in this matchup. Not really a threat at 6, if you have Phase Rush. Wait, till he wastes his ultimate, then try to fight him and keep a distance.
Illaoi
Dodge tentacles before 6, use Ignite while fighting after 6. She's gonna instakill you in the late game, though. Careful, plz.
Singed
If he manages to flip you over, you have some problems, I guess. No threat anyway.
Tahm Kench
Until he gets nerfed, you don't stand a chance.
Nautilus
He has cute damage and gets easily poked out, destroy him.
Ahri
Urgot
He can't hit his dash onto you, if you have Phase Rush. Outpoke him at 3 and fight him at 6. Easy lane
Tryndamere
He can dive you all the time, buy Stopwatch as fast as possible.
Cho'Gath
If he goes tank, take Phase Rush and run him down at 6. If he goes full AP, he has the burst needed to instakill you, so try to dodge his Qs.
Azir
You should be okay. You have the range to outpoke him and survivability to kill him at 6.
Vladimir
He was a pretty easy matchup back in the day, but with him being OP right now, I suggest you dodge this, he has better everything except for CC.
Maokai
He's not a threat, he's a huge mana eater. You're gonna feel like you are throwing your mana out of the window, instead of trying to poke him. Easy to survive against him, hard to kill him.
Fiora
I personally didn't play against many Fioras with Swain, but I've always won. It's weird, because she counters your E with her W and her healing from ultimate is so much higher than yours. I don't know, probably a skill matchup.
Morgana
She has no burst against you. Hide behind minions and bully her. Black Shield is really annoying, but she has no kill pressure
Akali
She's weaker than ever, because of the huge nerfs, yet she can still win. Or probably not win, but can keep up with you.
Teemo
One spell, two spells, three spells, he DED.
Swain
OP, NEEDS NERF. HELLO, RIOT?
Leona
CC someone to death.
Zac
Ideal jungler with his CCs
Lux
If both of you hit your roots, the enemy's gonna cry their eyes out.
Synergies
IdealStrongOkLowNone
Leona
CC someone to death.
Zac
Ideal jungler with his CCs
Lux
If both of you hit your roots, the enemy's gonna cry their eyes out.
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