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How to Synergize Swain with Gragas on the Same TeamSwain is in the b tier of champions

Swain with Gragas

How to Win With Swain and Gragas Paired TogetherSwain is in the a tier of champions
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How to Synergize Swain and Gragas

based on 1,843 Swain with Gragas pairs
Win Rate
47.9 %
K/D/A
2.37
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in data from from millions of League matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Swain has gone into battle with Gragas in 1843 recently played, competitive games. By pooling so much accurate data directly from the makers of League, we are completely sure that we can give you robust, accurate builds to help Swain synergize with Gragas. It is very rare for Swain to play alongside Gragas on the same team. This pairing has only taken place in about 1.3% of games with Swain.

Swain Gragas Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Swain does a poor job of synergizing with Gragas. On average, he wins a poor 47.9% of the time the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to play better as Swain when playing with Gragas by learning how to better synergize your play style with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Swain vs Gragas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Swain Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterZhonya's HourglassLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

RiftmakerLuden's CompanionFrozen HeartRod of Ages

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
PrecisionPresence of MindCoup de Grace
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Swain and Gragas

Tips for Playing as Swain with Gragas

While laning, try to use Death's Hand's piercing damage to damage opponents from a safe distance.

Vision of Empire is quite difficult to land on its own, look for skirmishes around the map where enemies may be distracted or crowd controlled so you can land it more easily.

If you're having trouble rooting an enemy with Nevermove, try throwing it at opponents when they are near their minions so the explosion surprises them.

Demonic Ascension may make Swain very hard to kill but he's pretty easy to get away from. Try building items that can slow opponents to keep them in range if their mobility is overwhelming.

Advice to Understand How Gragas Will Play

Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.

Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.

The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.

Swain Gragas Synergy Stats

Swain Image
Win Rate
47.9 %
VS
Win Rate
52.1 %
Gragas Image
5.3
< Kills >
5.3
6.7
< Deaths >
6.4
10.6
< Assists >
10.5
1.19
< Killing Sprees >
1.21
96
< Minions Killed >
99
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,440
< Physical Damage >
1,431
19,553
< Magic Damage >
19,734
924
< True Damage >
908
21,918
< Damage Dealt >
22,074
32,074
< Damage Taken >
31,361
10,456
< Gold Earned >
10,390
1.78
< Towers >
1.84
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
9,471
< Total Healing >
9,396
12,352
< Experience >
12,415
37
< Vision Score >
33
16
< Wards Placed >
15
371
< Time Dealing CC >
360

How to Play with Gragas as Swain in LoL

The Swain Gragas synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gragas, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Swain sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gragas. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Gragas helps Swain perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Swain is paired with Gragas, he observes a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Gragas does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Swain is played with Gragas on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Gragas.

Moreover, when Swain plays with Gragas on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Gragas does a poor job of covering Swain in team fights.

Synergies between Swain and Gragas

Damage Types Compared

Swain
Gragas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Swain
Gragas

Is Swain better when played alongside Gragas?

There is no universally accepted best companion for Swain that will 100% of the time be his top ally. Yet, overall, Gragas is a terrible teammate for Swain. By being on the same side as Swain, he decreases their win rate by -3.4% to 47.9%. This demonstrates that there is a terrible synergy between Swain and Gragas that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Gragas has a much lower diffuclty than Swain. That means Swain players don't need to be careful when finding Gragas teammates to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to work well with you.

When playing together, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Together, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

In contrast, by grouping Swain and Gragas together, you may not be providing your other allies enough attack damage. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that fills this disparity in their kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Gragas ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Swain Players

How We Calculated Our Swain Gragas Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Swain and Gragas, we analyzed 1,843 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Swain with Gragas comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Swain to work well with Gragas during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The most crucial items to have in your Swain and Gragas synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Gragas than with many other common builds. In fact, Swain boasted an average winrate of 47.9% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Gragas with this build.

To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, Swain players should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for this team composition, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.9% win rate overall.

If you want to see Swain with Gragas synergy tips and stats for a a particular division, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and strategies displayed are computed using all matches with data with these champions.