Swain·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Swain Mid 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 Conditioning and Overgrowth in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force 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 Sorcerer's Shoes and Liandry's Torment. For your last 3 items, you should build Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass and finish with Rabadon's Deathcap. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 57.1% winrate over 266 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Swain Mid build would be to take Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Summon Aery as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Conditioning with Overgrowth in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Ability Haste in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Blackfire Torch, 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 Zhonya's Hourglass, Liandry's Torment and Morellonomicon. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 49.0% win rate over 143 matches.

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 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 Malignance as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Rylai's Crystal Scepter as a third item. You want to finish the build with Zhonya's Hourglass, Liandry's Torment and Spirit Visage. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 43.0% win rate across 121 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.