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Swain Build Guides, Runes, Items, and Abilities - Patch 25.S1.3
Swain The Noxian Grand General
Find the best Swain build guides for League of Legends S15 Patch 25.S1.3. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Swain build for the S15 meta. Learn more about Swain's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!
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[ Patch 25.S1.3 NEW SEASON 15 UPDATED!! ] - SWAIN is the GOD OF MIDLANE PAIN! - 🤯
[ Patch 25.S1.3 NEW SEASON 15 UPDATED!! ] - SWAIN is the GOD OF MIDLANE PAIN! - 🤯
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Swain Support Guide (25.S1.1)
Swain Support Guide (25.S1.1)
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[ Patch 25.S1.1 NEW SEASON 15 UPDATED!! ] Best Swain BROKEN CHAMPION
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Swain
Swain
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Swain Top Tank
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Phällic Swain
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WE'RE BACK・To War with the "Warlock" [14.23・Mid/Top/Bot/Sup]
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The Noxian Emperor
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Swain Tank Top: A Flock Above the Rest {Master+} - Patch 14.23
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Sigma Swain support/mid guide
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(14.17) swain pain in my anus, become a supreme bird watcher with this guide
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The Hybrid God (Top/Mid/Apc/Support)
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[14.12] Swain, The Noxian Grand General [Full Guide]
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[14.5] Swain the Manaless King (Mid/Top)
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[14.2] Swain guide to DIAMOND [Updating]
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Demon Speed
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Swain tank
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Draintank Support Swain
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Bare Talon Swain
Swain Build & Runes
If you're looking for the best rune build for Swain we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Swain, as determined by calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Swain this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 25.S1.3. However, if you are a new Swain player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Swain!
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Swain's Runes
48%
Win Rate 36% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
49%
Win Rate 27% Pickrate
Third Best
49%
Win Rate 7% Pickrate
Swain's Summoner Spells
49%
Win Rate 75% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Swain's Starters
48%
Win Rate 91% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Swain's Core Items
54%
Win Rate 6% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Boots
Swain's Luxury Items
Swain's Ability Order
49%
Win Rate 44% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Ravenous Flock (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
47%
Win Rate 22% Pickrate
Ravenous Flock (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
49%
Win Rate 6% Pickrate
Ravenous Flock (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Swain's Runes
52%
Win Rate 45% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
52%
Win Rate 27% Pickrate
Third Best
54%
Win Rate 11% Pickrate
Swain's Summoner Spells
52%
Win Rate 64% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Swain's Starters
51%
Win Rate 85% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Swain's Core Items
59%
Win Rate 16% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Boots
Swain's Luxury Items
Swain's Ability Order
51%
Win Rate 42% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Ravenous Flock (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
52%
Win Rate 19% Pickrate
Ravenous Flock (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
51%
Win Rate 9% Pickrate
Ravenous Flock (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Swain's Runes
53%
Win Rate 49% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
53%
Win Rate 30% Pickrate
Third Best
51%
Win Rate 7% Pickrate
Swain's Summoner Spells
54%
Win Rate 56% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Swain's Starters
53%
Win Rate 90% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Swain's Core Items
54%
Win Rate 16% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Boots
Swain's Luxury Items
Swain's Ability Order
52%
Win Rate 48% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Ravenous Flock (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
52%
Win Rate 13% Pickrate
Ravenous Flock (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
52%
Win Rate 10% Pickrate
Ravenous Flock (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Swain's Runes
52%
Win Rate 43% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
54%
Win Rate 26% Pickrate
Third Best
54%
Win Rate 6% Pickrate
Swain's Summoner Spells
53%
Win Rate 70% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Swain's Starters
53%
Win Rate 81% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Swain's Core Items
55%
Win Rate 15% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Boots
Swain's Luxury Items
Swain's Ability Order
53%
Win Rate 31% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Ravenous Flock (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
52%
Win Rate 16% Pickrate
Ravenous Flock (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
54%
Win Rate 15% Pickrate
Ravenous Flock (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Swain Counters
Learn Swain's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Swain guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!
This counter data is for Swain SUPPORT in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Swain. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.
Best Against Swain
Worst Against Swain
Swain Skins
Find Swain's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Swain skins and chromas on Swain's skins page.
Our Wish List feature will send you notifications when your skins are on sale!Swain's Abilities
Rooting a champion allows Swain to reactivate this ability to pull all champions rooted by Nevermove toward him, gaining a Soul Fragment for each.
Recast: After 2 seconds and every 8 seconds thereafter, Swain can cast Demonflare while transformed, which deals 150 / 250 / 350 (+50% of ability power) magic damage and slows enemies by 75%, decaying over 1.5 seconds.
Questions About Swain
Latest Questions
How to play against Swain?
The combination of [[nevermove]] + [[ravenous flock]] is basically an instant cast [[death sentence]] that hits you through creeps on a 9 second cooldown. His ultimate is literally just press R win teamfight, and he can always force a fight...
Is new Swain good?
I've played a bit of new Swain on the PBE with mixed results, while I'm not sure what to build on him yet I'm leaning towards a AP/Health type build (like old swain). While Swain is fun he doesn't seem to be doing the damage I feel like he should,...
Swain skin
Is there any news about the Dragon Master Swain skin? Wasn't that discussed a few years before? I'm itching to get that one. (Don't get me wrong, Tryrant Swain is the shizz).
Least played champions?
I have just been curios guys about why some champions are not played that much. I know that unpopular picks like swain, galio, mao'kai, and yorick are all strong picks in their respective fields. What I am trying to get to in this is why some...
Swain's time to shine
I have a hunch that Swain will rise in popularity with all the innovation that has been going on in the LCS, both in the middle and top lane. I was wondering if you could help me find the best runes and build, but currently I like this one alot:...
Shouldn't Tear of the Goddess work with Swain?
So the new [[tear of the goddess]] says "whenever mana is spent" or something like that, but when I used it on [[Swain]] it wouldn't work whenever I toggled [[ravenous flock]]. Isn't it supposed to?
