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Swain BOT as APC / ADC Guide for Season 10 [ Patch 10.22 ]

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Runes:

1 2

Precision

Conqueror

Presence of Mind

Legend: Tenacity

Last Stand

Domination

Cheap Shot

Ravenous Hunter

Bonus:

+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+65 Base Health

Spells:

Exhaust

Flash

Items

Starting Items

Early Game Rush

Core Items

Final Build

Situational Items

Ability Order

Swain Passive Ability

Threats & Synergies

Threats

Synergies

Extreme Major Even Minor Tiny

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None Low Ok Strong Ideal

Extreme Threats

Ideal Synergies

Zac

Ideal

There is Korean duo who are using Zac+Swain in Master elo, Zac has huge amount of cc which Swain loves for his passive.

Synergies

Ideal Strong Ok Low None

Zac

Ideal

There is Korean duo who are using Zac+Swain in Master elo, Zac has huge amount of cc which Swain loves for his passive.

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Guide Details

x Conclusion

Champion

x Abilities
x Combos
x Synergies
x Counters

Pre-Game

x Summoner Spells
x Runes

In-Game

x Items
x Situational items
x Laning phase
x Teamfight

PASSIVE

Ravenous Flock

✦Ravenous: can periodically target a nearby immobilized enemy champion to rip out a Soul Fragment from them, dealing 20-105 (+30% of ability power) magic damage and pulling them 290-units towards him before a 0.25-second cast time (depending on level). If the target would be brought past , they are instead knocked back the excess distance.

Enemy champions also leave behind a Soul Fragment for 16 seconds upon death, which can be harvested after 1 second if is near them.

Flock: Enemy champion takedowns leave a Soul Fragment behind for 16 seconds. restores 4 / 5.5 / 7% of his maximum health whenever he collects a Soul Fragment, while also permanently increasing his maximum health by 5.

Death's Hand

✦ unleashes five bolts of eldritch power in the target direction, dealing 55 / 75 / 95 / 115 / 135 (+40% of ability power) magic damage to all enemies in a cone. Enemies can be hit by multiple bolts, taking 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35% bonus magic damage.

Vision of Empire

✦ summons a demonic eye at the target area that reveals it for 2 seconds before exploding, dealing 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+70% of ability power) magic damage to all enemies hit, halved against non-champions, and slowing them by 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65% for 2.5 seconds.

Enemy champions are revealed for 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 seconds and each grant a Soul Fragment.

Nevermove

✦ launches a demonic wave in the target direction, dealing 35 / 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 (+25% of ability power) magic damage to enemies it passes through.

Upon reaching its maximum distance, the wave returns to , detonating at the first enemy hit, dealing 35 / 45 / 55 / 65 / 75 (+25% of ability power) magic damage to all nearby enemies and rooting them for 1.5 seconds.

Demonic Ascension

✦ frees the demon within for 12 seconds, gaining 125 / 200 / 275 (+5 per Soul Fragment) bonus health.

While is active, drains the 3 enemies closest to him, prioritizing champions, dealing 35 / 50 / 65 (+14.167% of ability power) magic damage to them each second, up to a potential 420 / 600 / 780 (+170% of ability power) damage per enemy. He also restores 20 / 35 / 50 (+16% of ability power) health per second for each enemy hit, reduced by 90% against minions and monsters.

Swain can end the effects of early to cast , and automatically does so at the end of its duration.

: Swain unleashes a nova of soulfire, dealing a minimum of 100 / 150 / 200 (+50% of ability power) magic damage to all nearby enemies, plus 75% of the health Swain drained during Demonic Ascension. 's damage is capped at 200 / 300 / 400 (+100% of ability power).

SUMMONER SPELLS
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Flash: is obvious choice and MUST HAVE! If you are playing against long range comp, flashing in in teamfights is your only hope.

Exhaust personally I prefer over any other secondary choice. It's great in early all in's and also is really good if enemies are melee range and forced to go into you.

Ignite is also available choice, I like to you see it if I'm playing against or any other sustain lane, to have stronger all in's in early/mid game.

Teleport is good if you are facing long range poke botlane. So you can base early and losing pretty much nothing.

Conqueror is curently best rune choice for . It helps at what he already excels at which is all-ins with his and team fights. .

Electrocute gives Swain kill pressure in the lane and allows him to play more aggressive without his .

Phase Rush can be used both to escape a sticky situation or to chase down a mobile enemy.It gives you cleaner and safer trades, as you'd usually land an E, pull into W, AA and either back down, dodge retaliation skillshots or position yourself to Q and AA.

Conqueror

→ Huge sustain in team fights
→ More damage in extanded fights
→ Higher carry potential
→ Better dueling
→ Better againts tankier enemies

Electrocute

→ Better against squishy enemies
→ Burst potential
→ Better laning phase
→ Better against long range

Presence of Mind is best rune choice for in this tier, mana sustain in late game teamfights is insane, and if you get some early kills/assists, it helps you with mana sustain in lane too.

Legend: Tenacity is obvious choice in this tier considering that two other runes are not viable for at all. It provides you tenacity that is really important in late game teamfights.

This rune choice depends on your playstyle. Personally, I'm taking becuase of it's buffs from few patches ago and because of fact that it usually outdamages .

Cheap Shot is best rune choice here, considering that you will usually play with cc supports on lane, you can proc easily with and .

Ravenous Hunter is great rune for considering that you are already running and that you are getting heals from .
It usually heals you for 4k-5k trough normal game.
Even though I was totally sold on I was recently started playing with , and honestly, I think that this rune could be good contender to take spot over Ravenous.

Luden's Tempest
This item gives everything that he needs. It gives him mana/mana sustain, cdr, but also gives him additional poke damage/wave clear with it's passive.

Sorcerer's Shoes
I like this boots the most on , even though you can go for deffensive ones if you are facing full AP/AD team comps. Also are not bad choice if enemies have a lot of CC.

Liandry's Torment
Combining your and the way you want to play teamfights, is BY FAR best second item on proc'ing it's passive on all 5 enemies and figthing longer for it's full stacked 10% more damage feels just so good, and it's really good if enemies are stacking HP.

Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's is insanly good item on , considering that heals up with his during the time he's in active of the item. It's also good if enemy team comp wants to go into you or if they have a lot of assasins. Overall, this item is great, and core for .

Rabadon's Deathcap
This item simply ramp up your damage A LOT and even it has bad build path, the final result is just so powerfull.

Void Staff
Void stuff is great final item for many mages, and is definetly not exception. It can be built as 5th item too, if enemy team is stacking too much MR already.

I like to buy early into laning phase, even on first back, and if the laning phase goes well I usully upgrades it to Mejai just to snowball harder. Overall, item is underrated, it's gold efficient on 10 stacks, everything over it is just

Even though this item is really good on solo lane , I don't like building it when im playing on bottom. Reason is really obvious, you are damage carry, and for that you need to build raw damage, anyway, this item can be built if you are facing a full AP team comp.

Great item for if you are facing hard AP oriented team, you can also buy this item even though you are playing against hybrid damage enemies because it also amplify your healing from and .

Obvious good choice if you are facing a lot of enemies heal, like , , etc...

Fast

You are using Early to finish off enemies with your and . Proc'ing your passive really early can be good in chase, if you hit your you can use fast and by doing that, pulling enemy into other form of cc in your team.

Slow

You are using Late when you want enemies be cc'ed as long as possible, this works for all cc abilites, you can wait to proc your passive by waiting last moment of any cc, this is especially good if you are playing with , or . Instead of instant right clicking enemy, you should wait for last moment of their cc and then right click to proc .

This combo is easy to do, you use your and after it hit's enemy champion you throw your in front of cc'ed champion and then pull them with your .

You use E>W>Q on lane for short trades, if you are running this combo will proc it and you will gain massive movement position to move in/out in fights.
Usually I use this combo to harass in lane, and then I all in with .

You want to open lane with your , you are looking for early stacks of by hitting your E or just following up cc of your support.

On level 2 you want to take to combo it with your or any other cc. I explained combo here.

From level 3 to 5 you are level uping , and still using + combo to harass enemies.

On 6 you get access to and probably already have , you are looking for potential all ins with your support. You are usually stronger in 2v2 than enemy bot if you are even at that point. I would recommend you to harass enemies with your other abilities a bit before going all in with your ultimate.

On 9 you get access to 5 point and at that point it's cooldown is 2,4 seconds, at that point you are super strong and you continue to look for all in's with your .

As you want to be in center of teamfight, you want to open teamfight with possible hit into , or just follow up the cc of your allies with into your . Once you activated you want to hit as many enemy champions as you possibly can, if you ever get into trouble you have which is basicly giving you second life, considering that you are getting healed in it by .

has great syngergy with . has 3 form of hard cc, including his , which is pretty much his AA, so it's really easy for to proc his .
When hits his on lane it's really important to not right click target insantly but actually wait ' AA and then right click target to proc . Post 6 you have insane all in potential considering that gets access to his third hard cc abillity, .

is similiar champions as , he has 2 hard cc abilites and is really good when paired with . Playstyle is similiar, you are looking for him to hit first into , to then follow up with your and , target could be cc'ed for 4+ seconds if comboed well so you will probably need some pratice. Just like Nautilus' hook you should wait at last moment of to proc .

Just like , has 3 forms of hard cc. Weak side of is that she has more skill reliable cc, both her and are skill based abilites, unlike 's . Good thing is that can help her hit those skillshots easier with his slow and root.

Honestly, this is my favorite synergy, and I might be bias because I'm main, but this is combo I had THE MOST SUCCESS playing with my duo.
As , you are waiting for to hit his and then you proc your into his and then end the cc chain with , of course if you are 6+ can simply on enemies. As you want to take on level 1 and on level 2 you want to have .

really strugles against . has the highest base basic attack range at level 1 with 650. If paired with any range high range supports such as , , etc can't really play the lane. Usually the way you want to play in this matchups, is to try to trade hard at level 3. Especially if your support is one from syngergies. On level 6 you want to all in with your being such a powerfull spike. In all ins can't really use .

, , are all counters to because one reason and that is, of course, HIGH RANGE. The way you want to play this lane is similiar as you want to play lane, you want to force level 3 trade and then wait for 6 and your to all in. All of these champions don't have any escapes, so once they use on lane, they are really to chase and kill, especially if you hit your .

as APC is really powerful off meta pick, it's really good in short range ADC's and melee supports. He's much better with cc supports that can help him proc his . If you want to play you need to know that he is much better in teamfights than on lane. Despite him being better in teamfights, he's not weak at all on lane if paired with hard cc supports. Hope you find this guide helpful, and that you will try to play Noxian Great General . I wish you good luck in your ranked games! And don't forget to have fun!