Swain·Mid Build
Win rate | 50.9% |
Pick rate | 3.4% |
Ban rate | 6.3% |
Matches | 75 161- |
Swain Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 56.6% based on 9 238 matches
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54.1%Off-Meta
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Starter Items
Time Target@ 11 sec
Early Items
@ 3 min
Core Items
@ 20 min
Full Build
ability order
Q
W
E
Skills
situational items
Swain Matchups Overview
Swain General information
Swain tips and tricks
Swain is really weak in the early game. Avoid fighting too much and wait until you have some levels and items behind you before playing aggressive.
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
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The Best Swain Builds, Runes and Items for Mid in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Swain Mid build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Summon Aery as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Conditioning and Overgrowth in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Ability Haste in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Blackfire Torch as your first item, followed by Boots of Swiftness and Cosmic Drive. For your last 3 items, you should build Zhonya's Hourglass, Liandry's Torment and finish with Rylai's Crystal Scepter. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 56.6% winrate over 9 238 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Swain Mid build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Conqueror as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Conditioning with Overgrowth in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Rylai's Crystal Scepter, which you should build first, followed by Mercury's Treads as your second item and Winter's Approach 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 52.9% win rate over 8 962 matches.
Alternative
If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport 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 Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Blackfire Torch as your first item, then Boots of Swiftness as a second item and Cosmic Drive as a third item. You want to finish the build with Zhonya's Hourglass, Liandry's Torment and Riftmaker. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 54.1% win rate across 8 812 matches played.
Off-Meta
If you want to try an Off-Meta Swain Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Conditioning with Overgrowth as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Malignance as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Rylai's Crystal Scepter as third item. The last 3 options are Zhonya's Hourglass, Liandry's Torment and Spirit Visage. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 54.7% win rate over 3 958 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 Mid in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 14.23 the best possible matchups for Swain Mid are:
- vs. Smolder - 58.5% win rate over 945 games.
- vs. Twisted Fate - 55.8% win rate over 1 041 games.
- vs. Galio - 55.0% win rate over 3 110 games.
- vs. Jayce - 54.4% win rate over 695 games.
- vs. Lissandra - 54.1% win rate over 1 550 games.
Consider picking Swain into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Mid matchups that currently are in favor of Swain.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Swain in the current patch into the following Mid matchups:
- vs. Vel'Koz - 43.1% win rate over 654 games.
- vs. Cassiopeia - 44.5% win rate over 975 games.
- vs. Irelia - 47.3% win rate over 1 072 games.
- vs. Ekko - 47.6% win rate over 1 005 games.
- vs. Hwei - 47.6% win rate over 2 626 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.