# Swain Counters Who counters Swain? Best and worst picks against Swain by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Swain in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) ## Page Content [Swain guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) [Play against Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/how-to-play-against/) [Swain counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/counters/) Best and worst picks against Swain in Support at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Poppy, Brand and Sona beat Swain most often. Xerath, Pantheon and Vel'Koz win the laning phase against Swain by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Swain Highest win rate versus Swain in Support. - 1 [Poppy](https://baronbuff.com/champions/poppy/) 174 games 58.6% - 2 [Brand](https://baronbuff.com/champions/brand/) 406 games 57.9% - 3 [Sona](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sona/) 231 games 56.7% - 4 [Nami](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nami/) 801 games 56.3% - 5 [Zilean](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zilean/) 284 games 56.0% - 6 [Taric](https://baronbuff.com/champions/taric/) 159 games 56.0% - 7 [Janna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/janna/) 444 games 55.6% - 8 [Yuumi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yuumi/) 545 games 55.6% - 9 [Seraphine](https://baronbuff.com/champions/seraphine/) 976 games 54.2% - 10 [Zyra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zyra/) 427 games 54.1% - 11 [Soraka](https://baronbuff.com/champions/soraka/) 484 games 53.9% - 12 [Morgana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/morgana/) 817 games 53.7% - 13 [Karma](https://baronbuff.com/champions/karma/) 593 games 53.6% - 14 [Milio](https://baronbuff.com/champions/milio/) 622 games 53.0% - 15 [Leona](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leona/) 1,097 games 53.0% ## Worst picks against Swain Lowest win rate versus Swain in Support. - 1 [Maokai](https://baronbuff.com/champions/maokai/) 206 games 45.1% - 2 [Alistar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/alistar/) 595 games 47.1% - 3 [Nautilus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nautilus/) 1,394 games 47.9% - 4 [Bard](https://baronbuff.com/champions/bard/) 381 games 48.3% - 5 [Rakan](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rakan/) 369 games 48.5% ## Best lane counters vs Swain Largest gold lead over Swain at 15 minutes in Support. - 1 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 213 games +278 - 2 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 261 games +205 - 3 [Vel'Koz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/velkoz/) 163 games +179 - 4 [Neeko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/neeko/) 124 games +55 - 5 [Lux](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lux/) 740 games +42 - 6 [Pyke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pyke/) 275 games +38 - 7 [Brand](https://baronbuff.com/champions/brand/) 306 games +29 ## How to play against Swain Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Bait E at max range, then punish the miss with autos or a short trade. - Thin the wave before engaging so minion damage does not extend his trade. - Disengage when he activates R; re-enter after the duration or once he is isolated from targets. - Cut off side-lane 1v1s with quick collapses instead of feeding him extended duels. - Spread and kite backward during R so he cannot drain multiple champions at once. ## Where Swain is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Swain is strongest inside prolonged, clustered fights, so disengage and spacing deny his drain identity. - Swain has limited mobility and reach, making him punishable when enemies kite outside his pull range. ## Swain counters: questions ### Who counters Swain in Support? At Gold+, Poppy (58.6%), Brand (57.9%) and Sona (56.7%) have the highest win rates against Swain. ### Who does Swain counter? Swain wins most often against Maokai (45.1%), Alistar (47.1%) and Nautilus (47.9%). ### Who wins lane against Swain? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Xerath (+278), Pantheon (+205) and Vel'Koz (+179) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Swain. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Support Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/support/) - [Xerath counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/counters/) - [Pantheon counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)