Swain·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Swain Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Conditioning and Overgrowth in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Malignance. For your last 3 items, you should build Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass and finish with Liandry's Torment. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 45.3% winrate over 1 023 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Conditioning with Overgrowth in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Celestial Opposition as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Rylai's Crystal Scepter as a third item. You want to finish the build with Zhonya's Hourglass, Morellonomicon and Vigilant Wardstone. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 45.8% win rate across 426 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Swain Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery and Approach Velocity as your primary rune tree, and Font of Life with Bone Plating as your secondary tree. Use Ability Haste, Move Speed and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Solstice Sleigh as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Rylai's Crystal Scepter as third item. The last 3 options are Zhonya's Hourglass, Frozen Heart and Vigilant Wardstone. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 54.2% win rate over 312 matches played.

Situational Swain Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Swain build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.