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Spells:
Ignite
Flash
Ability Order
Ravenous Flock (PASSIVE)
Swain Passive Ability
Introduction

ps. the build isn't complete yet. Will add more pictures and videos soon.
Can take alot of damage
Can nuke champions down in seconds
Can counter a gank and instead kill the gankers
Your going to have alot of fun
Have a cool russian skin
Cons:
Need to control your mana use
Need to able to land your nevermove
Ignite is effective against you
Periods where you can't do anything because of long cooldowns
Will hear: OMG Swain is just such a noob champion and way too overpower very often.
Very hard to kill steal :(












The champions who's hard to counter (1-8):
In early game you can counter almost all squishies and some less squishies too. But there is some exceptions.
Annie

Don't go anywhere near Annie because Annie's goal is to harras you down to about 50% hp and then flash in and stun/burst when she's lvl 6. And then you'll be dead :) but Annie without stun is free meal. Just make the Swain combo and she'll go down in no time.
Veigar





Vladimir

If Vladimir doesn't fail you shouldn't be able to kill him because he heals alot and can use Sanguine pool


Akali

It requires some skill to play against Akali. She bursts alot and you should therefor avoid her untill level 6. But keep harassing her because she's VERY squishy and be ready for chasing if an opportunity should occour.
Anivia

Make sure to avoid her stun and Anivia shouldn't be a problem :) Just don't forget her egg and try to turret dive. You'll regret it.
Garen

Avoid him. ALWAYS avoid Garen. He's impossible to kill and he'll just silence you and then spin around :) But if you have to lane against him play safe unless you have some experience as Swain.
Gangplank

Play safe. His parley

Pantheon

Be careful. He'll try to Aegis of Zeonia




Xin Zhao

Play safe. If he succeeds to hit you with all 3 hits from Three Talon Strike

Cho'Gath

A very annoying champion. You won't be able to kill him unless he fails. Try to avoid his skill shots and just farm.
Sion


NEVER and i mean NEVER move close to Sion/renekton just to harras if you team partner isn't close as backup. He'll just stun you and his team partner will jump in and kill you.
Cassiopeia

Harras you and in level 6 she'll just use her ultimate and burst you to pieces. NERF HER.
Kassadin

When he's level 6 he'll just utli/silence you all the time. You can heal it all up again so don't worry. He's annoying but nothing more. Still you won't be able to kill him.
Brand

It requires skills to counter Brand. You'll have to avoid getting hit by his skill shots else you'll go down fast.
Malzahar

Malzahar is easy if countered properly. Make sure to engage him with enemy minions around you. Then, when he tries to burst you, you can easily survive it and then kill him.
The champions who's hard to counter (9-18)
Anivia

A pro Anivia is hard. She'll keep her stun ready for your nevermove

Cassiopeia

Only 1 word... NERF!!!!!!!! Nah serious, be careful. She'll burst you down even when you've used your ultimate. Never engage her when she has her ultimate.
Garen

He's the biggest anti-caster champion ever. He takes no damage at all and will just silence you. Try to avoid him.
Katarina

Veigar

He bursts you down fast.. VERY fast. The only way to kill him is to nevermove



Else you should be able to handle everybody else by now if you just play smart. When a melee champion engage, nevermove them fast and then move out of range and destroy them. Squishies shouldn't be a problem anymore.
Champions you're strong against: Annie





















Champions who's even to you: Kassadin





Champions you just don't wanna play against: Katarina





My best Swain combo is, believe it or not, Swain




Else combos like Swain







Those 2 are my favorite laning combos. But every combo with alot of damage or with alot of stun is effective.
Those could be combos like Swain






In lane you should always be sure to coordinate things with your lane partner. Mark who you're going to attack so he's ready. Then hit him with a nevermove



Always focus the squishies first (Ashe





Never try to engage (unless he's alone):
Alistar






So:
1. Squishy (i can make a list of the squishies but think its pretty obvious)
2. Other damage dealers
3. Tanks

Your priority should be:
1. the fed carry
2. the AD/AP carry
3. the other damage dealers
4. the tank

Ganking as mid Swain is the easiest. Wait untill you pushed your opponent out of lane/killed him. Then your enemy will recall and won't pay attention to the lane for maybe 20 seconds. Get outside minions sight radius and start running either up or down (the lane who has the most problems should be your target, in ranked it will most often be bot because top will always be 1v1 because of junglers) and get into the bush. Make sure your team is ready because things can get nasty fast if your discovered alone. Now aim with nevermove



When ganking be aware of:
1. Can you see the enemy champions? If not whats the chance that they're standing in the bush your walking right in to.
2. Is there a ward? Ask your allies if they have any information about wards.
3. Is there a stealther on the enemy team (in the lane your ganking). If so don't enter the bush alone because you risk getting spotted or attacked before you're ready to launch the gank.



Get those as early as possible. Now you'll see how your damage is already insane.
Mid game:


Those will increase your survivability alot. You'll heal way too much now and you can start turret diving squishys now.
Late game:





get rabadon's if your enemies don't have high MR. If they have get Void staff. Get Force of nature if the enemy team has alot of AP and thornmail if the enemy team have alot of AD. Get Zhonya's if its mixed. Zhonya's works with your ultimate so you'll heal while using it. In late game Swain will be a killing machine and you can solo almost everyone.
Alternative items:

















Get blue buff fast. It's effective on Swain because you can sustain your ultimate much much longer. In my opinion blue buff is more effective on Swain than on any other Champion. Blue buff spawns every 5 min. GET IT EVERY TIME ITS POSSIBLE.
You'll be able to solo it when you're level 6. But get some help so you won't loose too much hp.



Alternative:



A nice escaping tool. Use it if you want.
Some may choose to get some survivability which is good, but this build should provide more than enough. You can also get some runes which improves per level but i use my runes to get kills early.

Ps. If you like to play either Akali


Cassiopeia
Akali

Now get out on the battle field and wreak some havoc :)
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