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How to bear Orianna as Swain

fancyassgrits·6/21/2015, 4:55:16 PM·1 votes·729 views

*sorry, I meant *beat but I typed wrong and don't know how to fix it.

I have played mid as Swain quite a lot and he is very fun to play due to his uniqueness.

However, yesterday I played ranked, and after I picked Swain, they picked Orianna for mid. I thought this would be very hard because Swain is difficult to farm in early game while Orianna can move her ball frequently, making it easier to farm. Also her E managed to negate half of my E damage.

And as I expected....I lost quite hard against Orianna, and got flamed as a result :-( I felt so bad for the whole team(except our Ekko support who had no wards for whatever reasons)

What are some good strategies against Orianna as Swain? Modify builds a bit? or play different champ? Please share your opinion with POLITENESS. Posting stuff like "you just suck" is not only unhelpful, but also false because I win 3 out of 5 times I play as Swain.

3 Comments

Ixoziel6/21/2015, 5:20:39 PM2 votes

Make sure you're using MR runes.

Play very safe against her. Don't use E to harass unless she's literally past your creepwave, blocking you from farming. Her range isn't that good, so it's fairly easy to dodge ball. Consider maxing your root to push the lane, and force her to use her mana on creeps instead of on you.

Don't eat her auto attacks. They hurt a LOT more than most mages, especially if she hits you multiple times in a row.

Once you're 6, then you can start trading with her if you think it's safe. She has no sustain, you have hp and mana sustain.

ThaJabes6/21/2015, 8:23:36 PM1 votes

I would just farm up and try for short trades at level 6 since you can heal through them after with ult. I would rush ROA as i typically would for swain, and then i would go for zhonyas if you can properly time it before her ult, or abyssal for extra tank and damage.