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How to Synergize Taric with Swain on the Same TeamTaric is in the s tier of champions

Taric with Swain

How to Win With Taric and Swain Paired TogetherTaric is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Taric and Swain

based on 742 Taric with Swain pairs
Win Rate
52 %
K/D/A
2.54
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download data from from millions of LoL games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Taric has fought alongside Swain in 742 recently played, competitive games. By gathering so much accurate data from the makers of LoL, we are confident that we can present to you high-quality, accurate builds to help Taric play with Swain. It is relatively rare for Taric to play alongside Swain on the same team. This pairing has only happened in approximately 2.2% of rounds with Taric.

Taric Swain Synergy Summary

Taric does a good job of playing alongside Swain. Usually, he wins an epic 52.0% of rounds the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to maximize your potential as Taric when playing alongside Swain by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Taric vs Swain Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionRelic Shield

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalCloth Armor

Core Taric Items

~22 Mins
Locket of the Iron SolariFimbulwinterBulwark of the Mountain

Optional Items

Zeke's ConvergenceFrozen Heart

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Taric to level upe
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Second ability for Taric to level upq
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Last skill for Taric to max outw

Runes

InspirationGlacial AugmentMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
ResolveConditioningRevitalize
Attack SpeedArmorArmor
Taric's passive ability p
Taric's q ability q
Taric's w ability w
Taric's e ability e
Taric's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
Q
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
E
9
E
10
Q
11
R
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Q
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Q
14
W
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W
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R

Guide to Synergizing Taric and Swain

Tips for Playing as Taric with Swain

The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.

Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.

Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.

Advice to Understand How Swain Will Play

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.

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

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.

Taric Swain Synergy Stats

Taric Image
Win Rate
52 %
VS
Win Rate
48 %
Swain Image
1.8
< Kills >
1.5
5.9
< Deaths >
5.8
13.2
< Assists >
12.1
0.33
< Killing Sprees >
0.26
35
< Minions Killed >
31
0.14
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,713
< Physical Damage >
1,451
3,661
< Magic Damage >
3,286
543
< True Damage >
487
5,918
< Damage Dealt >
5,226
21,064
< Damage Taken >
19,886
7,598
< Gold Earned >
7,183
1.99
< Towers >
1.82
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
10,353
< Total Healing >
9,137
9,999
< Experience >
9,576
35
< Vision Score >
35
15
< Wards Placed >
15
314
< Time Dealing CC >
226

How to Play with Swain as Taric in LoL

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

Overall, Taric sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Swain. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Swain helps Taric perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Taric is paired with Swain, he observes a noticable increase in his total damage dealt. This may signal that Swain supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Taric is played alongside Swain on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Swain.

Additionally, when Taric plays with Swain on the same side, he often takes more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Swain does a poor job of protecting Taric during team fights.

Synergies between Taric and Swain

Damage Types Compared

Taric
Swain
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Taric
Swain

Is Taric better when played alongside Swain?

There is no perfect synergy for Taric that will always be his best teammate. However, Swain is a superb companion for Taric. By locking into the same team as Taric, he raises their win rate by 5.4% to 52.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a strong bond between Taric and Swain that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.

Swain has a much greater difficulty compared to Taric. That means Taric players must be very careful when lining up Swain allies to play with, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to work well with you.

Playing cooperatively, Taric players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Conversely, by pairing Taric and Swain together, you will not be granting your other allies enough AD. Make sure to have other champions on your team that fills this relative disparity in their potential.

Regardless of your Swain ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Taric Players

How We Calculated Our Taric Swain Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Taric and Swain, we analyzed 742 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 Taric with Swain 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 Taric in order to pair well with Swain during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The top items to prioritize in your Taric and Swain synergy build include Locket of the Iron Solari, Fimbulwinter, and Bulwark of the Mountain. When Taric included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Swain than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Taric boasted an average winrate of 52.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Swain with this build.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing your oponents, Taric players should equip the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.0% win rate overall.

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