Swain·Top Build
Win rate | 50.2% |
Pick rate | 0.4% |
Ban rate | 0.8% |
Matches | 1 548- |
Swain Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 55.8% based on 129 matches
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Most Popular
55.8%2nd Most Popular
51.2%Alternative
50.0%Off-Meta
57.4%Top Players ALL
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46.2%Rodwise Gamgee#INS OTP
41.7%runes
spells
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items
Starter Items
Time Target@ 14 sec
Early Items
@ 4 min
Core Items
@ 19 min
Full Build
ability order
Q
W
E
Skills
situational items
Swain Matchups Overview
Swain General information
Swain tips and tricks
Swain is prone to all-ins. Stand as far back as possible so it’s harder for the enemy to get on to you. Once an enemy is on top of you, it’s going to be hard for you to get them off.
Swain’s Root E will only trigger on the closest enemies hit on its return. Take aim and try to use it so it leaves little room for the enemy to react and dodge it.
Activate your Ultimate R as soon as a fight occurs to increase your chances of coming out ahead and surviving the fight.
Swain combos
Every combo you need to master the champion!
The Best Swain Builds, Runes and Items for Top in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Swain Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport 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 Malignance as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Rylai's Crystal Scepter. For your last 3 items, you should build Zhonya's Hourglass, Liandry's Torment and finish with Spirit Visage. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 55.8% winrate over 129 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Swain Top build would be to take Ghost and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Conqueror as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Conditioning with Overgrowth 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 Rylai's Crystal Scepter, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Malignance as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Zhonya's Hourglass, Spirit Visage and Hextech Rocketbelt. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 51.2% win rate over 127 matches.
Alternative
If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Ghost and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Summon Aery as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Presence of Mind with Last Stand in the secondary tree, as well as Ability Haste, Health Scaling, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Malignance as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Rylai's Crystal Scepter as a third item. You want to finish the build with Zhonya's Hourglass, Liandry's Torment and Abyssal Mask. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 50.0% win rate across 82 matches played.
Off-Meta
If you want to try an Off-Meta Swain Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells, Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Conditioning with Overgrowth as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Rod of Ages 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 Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass and Randuin's Omen. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 57.4% win rate over 68 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.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Swain runes page.
Probuilds
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In-depth Build Stats
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Swain Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Top in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 14.9 the best possible matchups for Swain Top are:
- vs. Volibear - 76.5% win rate over 17 games.
- vs. Sion - 71.4% win rate over 28 games.
- vs. K'Sante - 69.4% win rate over 36 games.
- vs. Riven - 69.2% win rate over 26 games.
- vs. Ryze - 66.7% win rate over 6 games.
Consider picking Swain into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Top matchups that currently are in favor of Swain.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Swain in the current patch into the following Top matchups:
- vs. Olaf - 22.2% win rate over 9 games.
- vs. Udyr - 28.6% win rate over 7 games.
- vs. Yasuo - 31.6% win rate over 19 games.
- vs. Heimerdinger - 33.3% win rate over 6 games.
- vs. Cho'Gath - 33.3% win rate over 12 games.
These champions are considered as Swain counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.
Additional Notes
If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Swain counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.