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Swain with Soraka

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How to Synergize Swain and Soraka

based on 1,651 Swain with Soraka pairs
Win Rate
52.2 %
K/D/A
2.79
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in data from from millions of League games directly from Riot Games each week. Swain has fought alongside Soraka in 1651 recently played, competitive games. By accumulating so much complete data directly from the publishers of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can produce robust, accurate builds to help Swain synergize with Soraka. It is very rare for Swain to play with Soraka as teammates. This pairing has only taken place in about 1.2% of rounds with Swain.

Swain Soraka Synergy Summary

Swain does a good job of synergizing with Soraka. Typically, he wins a terrific 52.2% of the time the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to do better as Swain when fighting on the same team as Soraka by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with her, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Swain vs Soraka Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Swain Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterMalignanceLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Frozen HeartRiftmakerZhonya's HourglassCosmic Drive

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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
3
W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Swain and Soraka

Tips for Playing as Swain with Soraka

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 Soraka Will Play

Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.

You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.

Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.

Swain Soraka Synergy Stats

Swain Image
Win Rate
52.2 %
VS
Win Rate
47.8 %
Soraka Image
6.2
< Kills >
5.3
5.3
< Deaths >
6.4
8.6
< Assists >
10.5
1.41
< Killing Sprees >
1.21
154
< Minions Killed >
99
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,622
< Physical Damage >
1,431
22,563
< Magic Damage >
19,734
521
< True Damage >
908
24,706
< Damage Dealt >
22,074
33,609
< Damage Taken >
31,361
10,874
< Gold Earned >
10,390
1.91
< Towers >
1.84
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
10,018
< Total Healing >
9,396
13,369
< Experience >
12,415
17
< Vision Score >
33
8
< Wards Placed >
15
409
< Time Dealing CC >
360

How to Play with Soraka as Swain in LoL

The Swain Soraka synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Soraka, 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 Soraka. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Soraka helps Swain perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Swain is paired with Soraka, he observes a sizeable uptick in his full damage dealt. This change may signal that Soraka supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Swain is played alongside Soraka on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Soraka. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Soraka.

Additionally, when Swain plays with Soraka on the same side, he on average receives more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Soraka does a poor job of covering Swain during teamfights.

Synergies between Swain and Soraka

Damage Types Compared

Swain
Soraka
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Swain
Soraka

Is Swain better when played alongside Soraka?

There is no top synergy for Swain that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. Yet, overall, Soraka is a very typical ally for Swain. By locking into the same team as Swain, she raises their win rate by 0.9% to 52.2%. This signals that there is not really a strong bond between Swain and Soraka that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.

Soraka has a much lower diffuclty than Swain. That means Swain players don't need to be very careful when arranging Soraka allies to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.

Fighting on the same side, Swain players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Although, by bringing Swain and Soraka together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates much sustained damage output. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that nullifies this relative hole in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Soraka ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Swain Players

How We Calculated Our Swain Soraka Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Swain and Soraka, we analyzed 1,651 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 Soraka 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

To truly master Swain in order to work well with Soraka during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The ideal items to include in your Swain and Soraka synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Soraka than with many other common item sets. In fact, Swain boasted an average winrate of 52.2% when playing alongside Soraka with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Soraka with Swain are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.