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: Tenacity 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 Rylai's Crystal Scepter. For your last 3 items, you should build Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass and finish with Morellonomicon. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 49.4% winrate over 646 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Swain Support build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Electrocute as your keystone, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Coup de Grace with Presence of Mind in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Rylai's Crystal Scepter as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Zhonya's Hourglass, Liandry's Torment and Morellonomicon. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 45.6% win rate over 570 matches.

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: Tenacity 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 Solstice Sleigh 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 Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass and Morellonomicon. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 53.5% win rate across 256 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 Mercury's Treads as your second item, and Rylai's Crystal Scepter as third item. The last 3 options are Knight's Vow, Frozen Heart and Vigilant Wardstone. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 48.9% win rate over 139 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.