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Caitlyn vs Swain

As an ADC on patch 26.21, Caitlyn is among Swain's worst matchups in LazyElo players' lobbies: at least 8 games in the matchup, a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%.

Patch 26.21ADC1,121 lane games

Swain wins 55.7% of its 61 ADC games on patch 26.21 (tier S), and Caitlyn is one of the opponents it does worst against: this is a counter by the site's rule. Caitlyn itself wins 46.5% of 1,060 games there (tier D). The games are those of LazyElo players and the players they met, at their own elo, not Emerald and above.

The per-champion pages: Caitlyn counters and Swain counters.

Caitlyn ADC games
1,060
Swain ADC games
61
Min. games per matchup
8
Patch
26.21

Caitlyn vs Swain at a glance

Each champion's own line per lane, and which side the matchup falls on there by the site's counter rule.

ADCmeasured

Caitlyn vs Swain as an ADC
ChampionTierWin rateGamesPick rateIn this matchup
CaitlynD46.5%1,0609.4%Beats Swain: Swain has it among its worst matchups
SwainS55.7%610.5%Loses to Caitlyn: among its worst matchups here

Tiers and win rates are each champion's own ADC numbers on patch 26.21, from the ADC tier list. “Loses to” means at least 8 games in the matchup and a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%.

Support

Caitlyn vs Swain as a support
ChampionTierWin rateGamesPick rateIn this matchup
CaitlynToo few games in this lane for a line of its own.
SwainC46.8%2992.6%No counter relation with 8 games

Tiers and win rates are each champion's own support numbers on patch 26.21, from the Support tier list. “Loses to” means at least 8 games in the matchup and a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%.

How Caitlyn plays this matchup

Riot lists Caitlyn as marksman, on mana, and rates it 8 for attack, 2 for defense, 2 for magic and 6 for difficulty on its own ten-point scale (Data Dragon). Those ratings describe the kit, not the matchup; what the games say is below.

As an ADC on patch 26.21, Caitlyn is tier D with a 46.5% win rate over 1,060 games (9.4% of ADC picks). Against Swain it does better than that: Swain has Caitlyn among the opponents it loses to most, with at least 8 games in the matchup. The lane is on Caitlyn's side on average; your own record in it decides whether it is on yours.

Caitlyn's other worst ADC matchups on this patch: Caitlyn vs Ezreal, Caitlyn vs Xayah, Caitlyn vs Varus. Whether a matchup is a counter follows from six things, range and sustain first: what decides a counter.

How Swain plays this matchup

Riot lists Swain as mage and support, on mana, and rates it 2 for attack, 6 for defense, 9 for magic and 8 for difficulty on its own ten-point scale (Data Dragon). Those ratings describe the kit, not the matchup; what the games say is below.

As an ADC on patch 26.21, Swain is tier S with a 55.7% win rate over 61 games (0.5% of ADC picks). Against Caitlyn it does worse than that: Caitlyn is one of the opponents it loses to most, with at least 8 games in the matchup and a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%. Playing Swain here means playing for the lane you get: give up the early trades its kit does not win, keep the CS and wait for your item spike or your jungler.

What each side builds

The lane builds of both champions as an ADC: the finished items and rune pages seen most often over all their opponents, not against each other alone. The shared games hold no build per matchup.

Caitlyn

Most built items

Games · Win rate

The finished items Caitlyn ends ADC games with most often.

  • Infinity Edge82.8%49.0%
  • Hexoptics C4459.7%47.3%
  • Lord Dominik's Regards48.0%52.2%
  • The Collector44.4%46.8%
  • Rapid Firecannon38.0%45.8%
  • Bloodthirster10.5%52.7%

Runes

Games · Win rate

The keystone with its secondary tree, most played first.

  • Lethal Tempo + Sorcery59.6%45.8%
  • First Strike + Sorcery15.7%49.3%
  • Lethal Tempo + Inspiration10.5%53.5%

Builds rest on 1,045 Caitlyn games in this lane on patch 26.21 whose items were shared; every item and rune page above was in at least 10 of them. Games: the share of those games with it. This is Caitlyn's ADC build over every opponent, not a build for this matchup.

Swain

Most built items

Games · Win rate

The finished items Swain ends ADC games with most often.

  • Rylai's Crystal Scepter72.9%53.5%
  • Malignance50.8%56.7%
  • Liandry's Torment45.8%55.6%
  • Zhonya's Hourglass40.7%62.5%
  • Blackfire Torch25.4%46.7%

Runes

Games · Win rate

The keystone with its secondary tree, most played first.

  • Conqueror + Sorcery41.8%34.8%
  • Conqueror + Resolve23.6%69.2%

Builds rest on 59 Swain games in this lane on patch 26.21 whose items were shared; every item and rune page above was in at least 10 of them. Games: the share of those games with it. This is Swain's ADC build over every opponent, not a build for this matchup.

Other matchups

Each champion's other measured pairs on this patch, the ones it loses first.

Caitlyn's other matchups

Caitlyn counters, every lane.

Swain's other matchups

Swain counters, every lane.

Your record in Caitlyn vs Swain

  • Your plan, asked first

    Once LazyElo can tell that Caitlyn or Swain is your lane opponent, a card in champ select asks for your plan against them, and only then shows the notes you wrote earlier.

  • Your record in it

    Games, wins and losses, when you last played the matchup and your average KDA in it, plus your CS and gold difference at 10 minutes from the games with a timeline.

  • How others did

    How other players in your stored games did in the same matchup, with the number of games.

Matchups is part of Plus; the free plan shows the best 3 picks from your pool. The feature: your own notes for this matchup.

Questions and answers

Does Caitlyn counter Swain?

Yes, as an ADC on patch 26.21: Swain is among the opponents it loses to most, with at least 8 games in the matchup and a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%, in the games of LazyElo players at their own elo. Up to three such opponents are listed per champion and lane; Caitlyn is one of Swain's.

Does Swain counter Caitlyn?

Not in our data on patch 26.21: Caitlyn does not have Swain among its worst three matchups in any lane with at least 8 games. That can mean the matchup is close, or that it has too few games here yet; the page says which numbers it rests on.

How many games are behind Caitlyn vs Swain?

5,667 ranked games on patch 26.21 in total; as an ADC Caitlyn has 1,060 of them and Swain 61. A matchup is only called a counter from 8 games between the two, and the data keeps the lists, not the count per pair.

Where is the win rate of Caitlyn vs Swain?

Not on this page, on purpose. The shared data behind the site holds each champion's own tier, win rate and games per lane and the list of opponents it does worst against, not the win rate of every pair. Showing a number the data does not hold would be a guess, so the page shows which side the matchup falls on and both champions' own lane numbers instead.

Play Caitlyn vs Swain with a plan you wrote yourself

In champ select LazyElo weighs this matchup against your own record on each champion in your pool and says why it suggests a pick. Once it knows your lane opponent it asks for your plan, then shows your notes and your record. You still pick and lock yourself.

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