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Swain champion portrait

Swain Build

Support Tier 2

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 44,680 gamesUpdated

49.5%win rate2.0%pick3.5%ban

Who counters Swain

Every Support matchup for Swain, ranked →

How to build Swain

Sorcerer's Shoes→Rylai's Crystal Scepter→Liandry's Torment→Zhonya's Hourglass

Sorcerer's Shoes → Rylai's Crystal Scepter → Liandry's Torment → Zhonya's Hourglass

55.1% win rate 11% of games 1,996 games
RunesPrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: HasteLast StandResolveConditioningOvergrowth41% of games
SpellsFlashIgniteFlash + Ignite68%
Skills
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Death's Hand
34578
Vision of Empire
29101213
Nevermove
114151718
Demonic Ascension
61116
StartWorld AtlasHealth PotionHealth PotionWorld Atlas, Health Potion, Health Potion
Full Swain build →

Best ADCs for Swain

Who Swain has the best record alongside in the bot lane this patch.

Worst ADCs for Swain

Who Swain has the worst record alongside in the bot lane this patch.

Each pairing is weighed by the games behind it, so a lucky handful cannot top either list.

Pairings are only half a team. Team Comp Tuesdays builds full five-champion compositions around picks like this.

49.5%win rate
Patch 26.20: 49.5% over 105,236 gamesPatch 26.21: 49.5% over 44,680 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
48.5%at Emerald+
2.0%pick rate
3.5%ban rate
Holdingsame as last patch
52.0%under 22 min
48.1%over 32 min

Want the written version? Our Counter Series breaks down how to actually play against champions like this, not just who wins on paper.

Recent games

Taken from as high up the ladder as this pick gets played. All 10 games from Master and above.

Loss 30–35m
MASTER+
Swain champion portraitS Swain+Jhin champion portraitB JhinvsSylas champion portraitS Sylas+Ezreal champion portraitB Ezreal
8 / 12 / 12

Build

Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeIonian Boots of Lucidity|Rylai's Crystal Scepter→Liandry's Torment→Morellonomicon

Spells & runes

FlashIgnite|

Skills

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Win 20–25m
MASTER+
Swain champion portraitS Swain+Tristana champion portraitB TristanavsNautilus champion portraitS Nautilus+Jhin champion portraitB Jhin
8 / 3 / 8

Build

Celestial OppositionPlated Steelcaps|Rylai's Crystal Scepter→Liandry's Torment

Spells & runes

FlashIgnite|

Skills

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Loss 30–35m
MASTER+
Swain champion portraitS Swain+Jhin champion portraitB JhinvsNami champion portraitS Nami+Lucian champion portraitB Lucian
3 / 6 / 5

Build

Celestial OppositionPlated Steelcaps|Rylai's Crystal Scepter

Spells & runes

FlashExhaust|

Skills

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Runes

The full page most players run, not just the keystone.

Most popular 48.7% win rate · 41% of games · 16,685 games
PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: HasteLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Shards Adaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling
Runner up 49.4% win rate · 24% of games · 9,875 games
DominationElectrocuteCheap ShotGrisly MementosUltimate Hunter
PrecisionCoup de GracePresence of Mind
Shards Adaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

Summoner spells and early items

What people bring, and which ability they max first.

Summoner spells
pickwin
  • FlashIgniteFlash + Ignite68%49.2%31,662 games
  • ExhaustFlashExhaust + Flash22%50.2%10,144 games

Boots and the other slot items that do not count as finished items in the full build below.

Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes41%Plated Steelcaps24%Mercury's Treads19%
Sorcerer's Shoes most often · 50.1% win rate
Support item
Zaz'Zak's Realmspike56%Celestial Opposition27%Solstice Sleigh16%
Zaz'Zak's Realmspike most often · 49.7% win rate

Swain build

The items players finish, in the order they end up in the inventory.

  1. Zhonya's Hourglass1st
  2. Liandry's Torment2nd
  3. Rylai's Crystal Scepter3rd
5% of games that reach a third item take this path57.4% win rate963 games
Every slot, boots and full build for Swain →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 45,719 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Sorcerer's ShoesSorcerer's Shoes
40% · 50.2% win rate
Plated SteelcapsPlated Steelcaps
23% · 50.2% win rate
Mercury's TreadsMercury's Treads
19% · 51.5% win rate
Boots of SwiftnessBoots of Swiftness
6% · 52.7% win rate
BootsBoots
6% · 38.1% win rate
Gluttonous GreavesGluttonous Greaves
3% · 53.6% win rate

Most common full builds

  1. Rylai's Crystal Scepter›Liandry's Torment+Sorcerer's Shoes4% of games · 48.4% win rate · 2,038 games
  2. Rylai's Crystal Scepter+Sorcerer's Shoes4% of games · 44.1% win rate · 1,931 games
  3. Rylai's Crystal Scepter+Plated Steelcaps3% of games · 41.9% win rate · 1,391 games
  4. Rylai's Crystal Scepter+Mercury's Treads2% of games · 45.5% win rate · 1,122 games
  5. Rylai's Crystal Scepter+Boots2% of games · 34.7% win rate · 1,091 games
Where these numbers come from

We read finished ranked solo queue games directly from Riot and keep a running tally. Nothing is copied from another site.

Matchups compare Swain against the enemy champion in the same lane, counting only games where both were actually there. The counters list pulls each matchup toward Swain's own win rate by 180 games' worth of it, then keeps the ones still under 50%. A matchup seen thirty times barely moves off the champion's average, and one seen a thousand times keeps close to its own number. The best and worst ADCs are ranked the same way, against Swain's average instead of 50%.

Every number here is followed by the games behind it, because that's what tells you how much to trust it. A win rate over a few hundred games is worth reading. The same number over thirty is mostly luck.

Recent games show what was built and who won. They never show who played. Rank is grouped (Master and up is one band), game length is rounded to five minutes, and there's no region or date on a card.

Every ranked game we read this patch adds its finished items here, boots aside. Items are listed in the order they sit in the inventory, which isn't always the order they were bought: a finished item takes the slot its first part was in.

Compare a win rate only with the other picks in its own slot. A fifth item mostly shows up in long games, and those skew toward the team that was already ahead, so late slots run hot whatever sits in them. A row needs 30 games before it shows up at all.

Built from real ranked games this patch. We keep the running totals, never the games themselves.

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