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Swain ADC build & stats

MageSupport B 261 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
52.9%
Pick rate
1.0%
Ban rate
2.5%
Solo/Duo Flex ARAM
16.18 16.17 16.16
Division
Master
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Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Built from single items

Best three items so far

Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
2,800 gold
Spirit Visage
Spirit Visage
2,700 gold
Force of Nature
Force of Nature
2,800 gold
8,300 gold
66.7% WR each item separately

Runes

Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
50.0% WR
6 games · 2% pick
Conqueror
Conqueror

Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Exhaust Flash
51.9% 27 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Not enough players have finished the same three items yet, so the core above is the three strongest items measured one by one. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Swain

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Swain wins 52.9% of games as ADC on patch 16.18 (261 games).
  • Most common core: Rylai's Crystal Scepter → Malignance → Zhonya's Hourglass — 55% win rate over 38 games.
  • Take Conqueror as keystone: picked in 81% of games with a 53% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Ashe (64% over 11 games). Hardest: Kai'Sa (36% over 22 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Swain is an early-game champion: 56% win rate in games under 25 minutes but 46% after 35. Snowball your lead into towers and objectives.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Malignance
Malignance
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
25.0% WR
4 games · 2% pick
Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
100.0% WR
3 games · 1% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
Spirit Visage Spirit Visage
 75.0% 2% (4)
Blackfire Torch Blackfire Torch
 68.4% 7% (19)
Force of Nature Force of Nature
 66.7% 1% (3)
Rylai's Crystal Scepter Rylai's Crystal Scepter
 50.0% 13% (34)
Zhonya's Hourglass Zhonya's Hourglass
 44.4% 7% (18)
Liandry's Torment Liandry's Torment
 41.7% 5% (12)
Riftmaker Riftmaker
 33.3% 1% (3)
Bloodletter's Curse Bloodletter's Curse
 25.0% 2% (4)
Malignance Malignance
 21.4% 5% (14)
Frozen Heart Frozen Heart
 20.0% 2% (5)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
50.0% WR
6 games · 2% pick
Conqueror
Conqueror

Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
25.0% WR
4 games · 2% pick
Conqueror Presence of Mind Legend: Haste Last Stand Axiom Arcanist Transcendence
Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
0.0% WR
3 games · 1% pick
Conqueror Presence of Mind Legend: Haste Last Stand Axiom Arcanist Transcendence

Keystones

  • Conqueror Conqueror Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions. 46.3%16% pick
  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 66.7%1% pick

Summoner spells

  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 51.9%10% pick
  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 41.2%7% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PRavenous Flock

    Swain's ravens collect Soul Fragments that heal him and permanently increase his maximum health.

  • QDeath'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.

  • WVision of Empire

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

  • ENevermove

    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.

  • RDemonic 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 a...