Swain·Support Build
Win rate | 47.0% |
Pick rate | 2.5% |
Ban rate | 3.9% |
Matches | 34 355- |
Swain Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 47.9% based on 6 668 matches
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47.9%2nd Most Popular
47.8%Alternative
46.6%Off-Meta
51.0%Top Players ALL
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52.6%Matchup Specific
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50.2%Lulu
49.1%runes
spells
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items
Starter Items
Time Target@ 12 sec
Early Items
@ 3 min
Core Items
@ 14 min
Full Build
ability order
Q
W
E
Skills
situational items
Swain Matchups Overview
Swain General information
Swain tips and tricks
Reactivate your E after landing it on a target to pull them closer to you.
Swain’s Root E will only trigger on the closest enemies hit on its return. Take aim and try to use it so it leaves little room for the enemy to react and dodge it.
Activate your Ultimate R as soon as a fight occurs to increase your chances of coming out ahead and surviving the fight.
Swain combos
Every combo you need to master the champion!
The Best Swain Builds, Runes and Items for Support in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Swain Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Conditioning and Overgrowth in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Rylai's Crystal Scepter. For your last 3 items, you should build Liandry's Torment, Zhonya's Hourglass and finish with Spirit Visage. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 47.9% winrate over 6 668 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Swain Support build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Electrocute as your keystone, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Coup de Grace with Presence of Mind in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Rylai's Crystal Scepter as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Liandry's Torment, Zhonya's Hourglass and Spirit Visage. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 47.8% win rate over 5 468 matches.
Alternative
If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Conditioning with Overgrowth in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Celestial Opposition as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Rylai's Crystal Scepter as a third item. You want to finish the build with Liandry's Torment, Spirit Visage and Zhonya's Hourglass. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 46.6% win rate across 2 673 matches played.
Off-Meta
If you want to try an Off-Meta Swain Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery and Approach Velocity as your primary rune tree, and Second Wind with Overgrowth as your secondary tree. Use Ability Haste, Move Speed and Tenacity and Slow Resist as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Solstice Sleigh as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Rylai's Crystal Scepter as third item. The last 3 options are Winter's Approach, Zhonya's Hourglass and Vigilant Wardstone. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 51.0% win rate over 1 113 matches played.
Situational Swain Runes and Items
Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Swain build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Swain runes page.
Probuilds
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In-depth Build Stats
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Swain Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Support in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 14.24 the best possible matchups for Swain Support are:
- vs. Alistar - 53.1% win rate over 712 games.
- vs. Rell - 52.3% win rate over 744 games.
- vs. Leona - 51.4% win rate over 907 games.
- vs. Nautilus - 51.2% win rate over 1 431 games.
- vs. Braum - 50.4% win rate over 1 051 games.
Consider picking Swain into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Support matchups that currently are in favor of Swain.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Swain in the current patch into the following Support matchups:
- vs. Brand - 40.2% win rate over 473 games.
- vs. Vel'Koz - 40.6% win rate over 524 games.
- vs. LeBlanc - 40.9% win rate over 154 games.
- vs. Sona - 41.4% win rate over 343 games.
- vs. Zilean - 41.8% win rate over 433 games.
These champions are considered as Swain counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.
Additional Notes
If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Swain counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.