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Swain

MidB tierAll ranks
50.2% win rate 0.7% pick 2.8% ban 2.7 KDA 2,669 games

Strong against

Struggles against

Rune pages

Share of this build's games, then win rate
Sorcery
Summon Aery
Arcane Comet
Stormraider's Surge
Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist
Manaflow Band
Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence
Celerity
Absolute Focus
Scorch
Waterwalking
Gathering Storm
Resolve
Demolish
Font of Life
Shield Bash
Conditioning
Second Wind
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Revitalize
Unflinching
Shards
Ability Haste
Health Scaling
Health Scaling
220 games on this page · 53.6% win rate

Ability order

Tap or hover an ability for its description
Max Q, then W, then EDeath's Hand→Vision of Empire→Nevermove
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Death's Hand
Q · Death's Hand

Swain unleashes several bolts of eldritch power that pierce through enemies. Enemies hit take more damage for each bolt they are struck by.

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Vision of Empire
W · Vision of Empire

Swain opens a demon eye that deals damage and slows enemies. Champions hit are revealed and also grant Swain a Soul Fragment.

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Nevermove
E · Nevermove

Swain launches a wave of demonic power forward. It then returns to Swain and roots enemies it hits. Swain can then choose to pull all rooted champions closer. This ability has a shorter cooldown during Demonic Ascension.

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Demonic Ascension
R · Demonic Ascension

Swain transforms into a demon and drains health from nearby enemy champions, minions, and neutral monsters. Swain can cast Demonflare to decimate and slow nearby enemies with a nova of soulfire. This form is indefinite as long as Swain drains enemy champions.

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Builds

Share of champion-role games

Summoner spells

FlashTeleport

Starting items

Doran's RingHealth Potion

Boots

Chainlaced Crushers

Core purchase order

Blackfire Torch→Rylai's Crystal Scepter→Zhonya's Hourglass

Situational items

Pick rate, then games
4th item
Liandry's Torment21.7% pick20 games
5th item
Frozen Heart14.3% pick3 games
Liandry's Torment14.3% pick3 games

Synergizes with

Jinx58.5%217 games
Wukong61.4%88 games
Briar60.4%91 games
Zeri60.9%69 games
Talon57.9%107 games

Stats

Performance

avg / game
CS / min6.6
Gold / min392
Damage to champs25,392
Kill participation47%
Vision score20
Damage share24%

Win by game length

Centre line is 50%
<2551.3%751 games
25-3048.6%840 games
30-3551.2%646 games
35+49.8%432 games

Damage profile

2,669 games measured
Builds APCC 1.61/min · 90th pct

Damage dealt to champions in this role. The build label comes from items, so it can differ from the damage split.

Objective impact

Win rate with vs without · correlation, not causation
How often this champion or its team takes each objective first, and the win rate with and without it
ObjectiveTaken firstWin withWin withoutGap
First blood2,669 games7.5%58.0%49.5%+8.5 pts
First tower2,669 games7.5%74.5%48.2%+26.3 pts
First dragon (team)2,702 games47.3%63.5%37.8%+25.7 pts
First herald (team)2,702 games40.7%66.3%38.7%+27.6 pts
First baron (team)2,702 games36.1%80.4%32.7%+47.7 pts
First voidgrubs (team)2,702 games48.9%55.9%44.3%+11.6 pts