Twitch vs Swain Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Twitch, the Plague Rat, meets Swain, the Noxian Grand General, in the ADC lane. The sample behind this page is 369 games from patch 16.13.1, and Twitch wins 43.9% of them. Sitting 6.1 points below the 50% line marks Swain as a genuine problem pick for Twitch.
Both champions are ranged (Twitch at 550, Swain at 525), so the lane is decided by cooldowns rather than reach.
Swain answers in magic damage where Twitch deals physical, so neither can copy the other’s build. Level-one bases: Twitch 630 HP / 27 armour / 30 MR, Swain 595 / 25 / 31. Late-game bases read 2296 health / 95 armour for Twitch and 2278 / 105 for Swain.
Nevermove (E) is the ability Twitch has to respect, just as Swain plays around Ambush. Spray and Pray and Demonic Ascension are the two buttons that end the exchange outright.
Behind 43.9% are 369 games against Swain, not a handful of anecdotes. Data here updates on its own rather than sitting as a fixed snapshot taken on 16.13.1.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Swain has the statistical edge. Twitch wins 43.9% of the recorded games.
43.9% from Twitch's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
369 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Twitch build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Twitch build page.