Swain·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Swain Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport 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 Blackfire Torch as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Rylai's Crystal Scepter. For your last 3 items, you should build Zhonya's Hourglass, Liandry's Torment and finish with Riftmaker. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 55.1% winrate over 490 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Swain Top build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are First Strike as your keystone, Cash Back, Biscuit Delivery and Approach Velocity in the primary tree, and Legend: Haste with Cut Down 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 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, Abyssal Mask and Liandry's Torment. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 52.8% win rate over 233 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Summon Aery as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch 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 Plated Steelcaps 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 Malignance. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 55.4% win rate across 231 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Swain Top 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 Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Malignance 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 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 54.0% win rate over 211 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.