[12.11] Top 10 Swain Mid Focus on Map Control - Alternative Playstyle (In Progress)






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Recommended Items
Runes: Map Control - Mid
+8 Ability Haste
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+65 Base Health
Spells:
Flash
Teleport
Items
Threats & Synergies
Yasuo
With this particular play style, Visions of Empire will be almost impossible to confirm, focus using it in the side lanes instead. Begin maxing out Death's hand after level 6 since it goes through wind wall giving you a consistent and reliable option to damage him.
Tahm Kench
High CC Champ makes landing Visions of Empire significantly easier, can also eat swain in team fights while the ultimate ability is still going .
Tahm Kench
High CC Champ makes landing Visions of Empire significantly easier, can also eat swain in team fights while the ultimate ability is still going .
Champion Build Guide

Hello Everyone, I go by a couple of names, preferably Brofish or Brotuna, and im someone who has a very large amount of experience improving in a wide variety of games.
I have managed to aquire top 500 in Overwatch for 3 seasons

Diamond with Terran/Protoss in Starcraft 2

Champion rank in Battlerite (ign Brotuna)

and finally, the most relevant achievement would be placing amongst the top 10 Swains in NA in season 11

Just like anything else, I had to work towards goals I set for myself to improve, and my hope with this guide and any other content I create on my Twitch /Youtube channel is that you will be able to take some of my ideas and apply them to yourself, and over time you will begin to see results as well.
I will be adding to this guide over the next couple of weeks, going into even greater detail about situational items and matchups!
You will be sacrificing presence in lane for more control over the map, when you finish your Liandry's Anguish the burn damage paired with the 8 second reveal will prevent people from recalling for the entire duration of the reveal.
In the event someone pushes minions to the tower to reset after killing one of your side lanes and you happen to know where they are recalling, you will be able to waste a significant amount of their time all from the comfort of your own lane, your team may even be able to respawn and get back to lane to kill them if you buy enough time.
In the event your team manages to get a kill or two, you can drop


You will be weaker in lane, if played correctly 2 maybe even 3 enemies will lose a significant amount of time and efficiency that will cripple their early game as a result.


I will not be going over what Swain does normally in great detail, if you want to focus on dominating your own lane and pressing your own advantage, simply max Swain's

When maxing




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![]() ✦ Most of your attention should be in lanes with champions who have abilities that help land ![]() ✦ The ability on its own is quite hard to land, most champions can simply walk out of it, so try to time the cast during specific events like ![]() ✦ Use it to block enemies and zone out of specific areas they might be trying to enter for a couple of seconds. They'll either have to walk into your team, or run through it, causing them to take damage and be slowed. Aim for areas that are tight and narrow, especially in the jungle and river, or even between towers and walls. ✦ When enemies are using abilities that slow or completely immobilize them while being cast, like Xerath's ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ✦ You will have a much easier time landing ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ✦ While enemies are recalling, even if you don't hit them, they'll still have to walk out of the range therefore cancelling their own recall. If you do manage to hit them and you have 4 or 5 levels in ![]() ![]() ![]() ✦ The vision alone is incredibly useful for aquiring information without any unnecessary risk that comes from approaching brush. Think of it like a free ![]() ✦ After you aquire ![]() ![]() ![]() ✦ Although this will not be its primary function, just keep in mind ![]() ![]() |



Ability Order
More often than not you should be able to decide during the loading screen whether or not you will want to max out

✦ If you have a champion on your team with hard CC that will make landing it in their lane easy
✦ The enemies are playing champions that have very few or no mobility abilities


If your team is failing to hit their CC abilities consistently and you find that you cant rely on them, try to come to that conclusion by at least level 7 so you can start putting points into

✦ you can transition into standard swain over the next 4 levels while still making use of your

✦ After you get a few points into



If you are facing off against a large number of high mobility champions like






✦ Death's hand goes through


✦ Wave management becomes significantly easier, giving you the ability to push out the lane and roam

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