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Swain Build & Runes

If you're looking for the best rune build for Swain we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Swain, as determined by calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Swain this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 13.11. However, if you are a new Swain player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Swain!

Patch 13.11: 3148488 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Precision

Resolve

Second Best

48%

Win Rate 10133 Games

Domination

Inspiration

Third Best

48%

Win Rate 4374 Games

Domination

Precision

Second Best

48%

Win Rate 7221 Games

Third Best

51%

Win Rate 1155 Games

Second Best

39%

Win Rate 3051 Games

Third Best

46%

Win Rate 287 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

65%

Win Rate 1375 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

72%

Win Rate 53 Games

Passive Ability

Patch 13.11: 3148327 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Precision

Resolve

Second Best

53%

Win Rate 1908 Games

Precision

Resolve

Third Best

65%

Win Rate 52 Games

Precision

Resolve

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 3894 Games

Third Best

51%

Win Rate 2852 Games

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 4689 Games

Third Best

52%

Win Rate 2819 Games

Second Best

54%

Win Rate 4703 Games

Third Best

56%

Win Rate 3099 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

68%

Win Rate 791 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

74%

Win Rate 66 Games

Passive Ability

Patch 13.11: 3148211 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Precision

Resolve

Second Best

57%

Win Rate 67 Games

Precision

Resolve

Third Best

53%

Win Rate 374 Games

Precision

Resolve

Second Best

52%

Win Rate 1609 Games

Third Best

53%

Win Rate 1438 Games

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 3995 Games

Third Best

49%

Win Rate 1430 Games

Second Best

58%

Win Rate 1484 Games

Third Best

54%

Win Rate 1659 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

67%

Win Rate 773 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

70%

Win Rate 53 Games

Passive Ability

Patch 13.11: 3148422 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Precision

Resolve

Second Best

54%

Win Rate 938 Games

Precision

Resolve

Third Best

58%

Win Rate 62 Games

Precision

Resolve

Second Best

56%

Win Rate 741 Games

Third Best

53%

Win Rate 689 Games

Second Best

52%

Win Rate 1071 Games

Second Best

57%

Win Rate 1913 Games

Third Best

55%

Win Rate 512 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

73%

Win Rate 138 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

69%

Win Rate 214 Games

Passive Ability

Swain Counters

Learn Swain's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Swain guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!

This counter data is for Swain Support in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Swain. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.

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CR is Counter Rating, which is a combination of multiple counter factors. Counters shown are for Swain Swain Support

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Swain Skins

Find Swain's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Swain skins and chromas on Swain's skins page.

Skin Release Wishlist Popularity Cost

Winterblessed Swain

December 8, 2022

+ Wishlist

Crystal Rose Swain

Special Events

February 11, 2021

+ Wishlist

Hextech Swain

Hextech Crafting

December 12, 2019

+ Wishlist

Dragon Master Swain

February 22, 2018

+ Wishlist

Tyrant Swain

May 23, 2012

+ Wishlist

Northern Front Swain

October 5, 2010

+ Wishlist

750

Classic Swain

Original

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Bilgewater Swain

October 5, 2010

+ Wishlist

520

Swain's Abilities

Ravenous Flock Swain's Passive

1125

Swain collects soul fragments from Vision of Empire, Nevermore, and enemy champion deaths. Soul fragments restore 4 / 5.5 / 7 / 9% max health (based on level) and permanently grant Swain 12 max health.

Death's Hand Swain's Q Ability

725

65 / 70 / 75 / 80 / 85

9 / 7.5 / 6 / 4.5 / 3

Swain unleashes eldritch bolts, dealing 65 / 85 / 105 / 125 / 145 (+40% of ability power) magic damage plus 15 / 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 (+10% of ability power) magic damage per bolt past the first damage.

Vision of Empire Swain's W Ability

7500

70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110

22 / 21 / 20 / 19 / 18

Swain opens a demon eye, revealing a location for 1.5 seconds, then deals 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+70% of ability power) magic damage and slows by 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65% for 2.5 seconds. Champions hit grant Swain a Soul Fragment and are revealed for 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 seconds.

Nevermove Swain's E Ability

850

Swain launches a wave of demonic power, dealing 35 / 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 (+25% of ability power) magic damage. The wave then returns, detonating on the first enemy hit dealing 35 / 45 / 55 / 65 / 75 (+25% of ability power) damage and rooting enemies in an area for 1.5 seconds.

Demonic Ascension Swain's Ultimate (R) Ability

650

100

120

Swain frees the demon within for 12 seconds, gaining 125 / 200 / 275 (+5 for each Soul Fragment) max health and doubling the health collected with Soul Fragments. Swain deals 35 / 50 / 65 (+14.167% of ability power) magic damage each second and restores 20 / 35 / 50 (+16% of ability power) health per target damaged, reduced by 90% against non-champions. Swain then prepares a Recast.

Recast: Swain unleashes a demonflare, ending the transformation and dealing 100 / 150 / 200 (+50% of ability power) plus 75% of healing from this Ability as magic damage (max 200 / 300 / 400 (+100% of ability power) damage).

Demonflare Swain's Ultimate (R) Ability

675

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. Demonflare's damage is capped at 200 / 300 / 400 (+100% of ability power).

Demonflare is automatically cast at the end of the Demonic Ascension duration, which can be ended early by recasting the ability.

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