Swain·Bot Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Swain Bot build, you should take Flash and Ghost 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 Axiom Arcanist and Transcendence in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Blackfire Torch as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Liandry's Torment. For your last 3 items, you should build Zhonya's Hourglass, Rylai's Crystal Scepter and finish with Riftmaker. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 53.9% winrate over 2 265 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Axiom Arcanist with Transcendence in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Rylai's Crystal Scepter as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Winter's Approach as a third item. You want to finish the build with Liandry's Torment, Zhonya's Hourglass and Unending Despair. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 50.2% win rate across 426 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Swain Bot build in the current patch, try Exhaust and Flash as your Summoner Spells, Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Coup de Grace with Presence of Mind as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Blackfire Torch as your first item, then finish Boots of Swiftness as your second item, and Liandry's Torment as third item. The last 3 options are Zhonya's Hourglass, Rylai's Crystal Scepter and Rabadon's Deathcap. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 55.2% win rate over 279 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.