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League of Legends Champion SwainSwain is in the b tier of champions

Swain

MageFighter
Swain is a mageRolemage
DifficultyHard
Power SpikeEarly-Game
Ravenous Flock abilityp
Death's Hand abilityq
Vision of Empire abilityw
Nevermove abilitye
Demonic Ascension abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
support
middle

Swain Build

based on 90,894 matches
Win Rate
50.5 %
Pick Rate
9.2 %
Ban Rate
6.2 %

How We Come Up with Our Swain Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Swain build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Swain builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Swain core items and runes for any situation.

Swain Build Summary

Swain is a an average utility lane champion in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Domination Inspiration. Including the specific runes shown below into your Swain build will give you the additional bonuses to guarantee he plays well through the laning phase of the game and into the late game. You should start by building up his q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Swain

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionControl Ward

Early Items

~5 Mins
Fiendish CodexLost Chapter

Core Swain Items

~22 Mins
Liandry's AnguishRabadon's DeathcapShard of True IceSorcerer's Shoes

Optional Items

Abyssal MaskDemonic EmbraceImperial MandateFrozen Heart

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Swain to level upq
>
Second ability for Swain to level upw
>
Last skill for Swain to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteCheap ShotEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
InspirationPerfect TimingFuture's Market
Adaptive ForceArmorArmor
Swain's passive ability p
Swain's q ability q
Swain's w ability w
Swain's e ability e
Swain's ultimate ability r
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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W
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Q
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W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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E
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R

Swain Matchups Overview

Swain is Weak Against

ZyraZyra45.8% winrateVel'KozVel'Koz47.4% winrateBrandBrand47.4% winrateXerathXerath47.6% winrate

Swain is Strong Against

TaricTaric56% winrateNautilusNautilus54% winrateRellRell53.8% winrateYuumiYuumi53.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Vel'Kozmiddle+ 54.6% 368 GamesSingedtop+ 54.7% 988 GamesRammusjungle+ 55.1% 1606 GamesNilahbottom+ 55.2% 1697 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Swain Players

Tips and Tricks

Decrepify can be used to slow down enemies and set them up for Nevermore's stun.

Using Torment on a target is also useful to enhance the damage of your other abilities.

Swain has incredible combo potential, practice timing all your abilities to get the highest damage output.

Additional Swain Build Insights

League of Legends Swain players could find him to be a complex champ to build out properly. You'll find that his build changes when he is playing against either generic or specialized team comps, indicating you should not choose the same Swain build every game of League of Legends

The most critical items to include in your champion's build include: Liandry's Anguish, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Shard of True Ice. Those who included these pieces in their setups had a much higher win rate than players who utilized other builds for Swain. Likewise, if you are fighting a varied enemy team composition, you should really consider grabbing him the Domination, and Inspiration runes. In recent games, he won the largest number of his games when equipped with these runes.

We established our Swain build suggestions by examining 90,894 recently ranked LoL games with him in them. We only recommend the highest winrate Swain builds that were used by ranked League players enough times for us to advise them. With so many games in our data, we are confident in our provided builds.