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Swarm Weapons Guide - Weapon Evolution, Scalings, Synergies, and more!

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Be ready for anything the Primordians throw at you by reading up on our ultimate Swarm Weapons Guide. Learn about the 29 different Weapons in Swarm, how to unlock them, and how to unleash their full potential.

Unlockable Weapons

There are 20 weapons in the game that you can purchase during your Swarm runs, though most of them will be unavailable until you unlock them through completing objectives. Below is a list of all of the weapons you can unlock in Swarm, as well as an outline of what each weapon does, what Passives they scale with, and what Passive you need to Evolve each weapon. For even more information on Swarm, you can also check out our guide on How To Play Swarm!

Ani-Mines

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon Ani-Mines

Drops timed explosive projectiles in a ring that explode for large area damage.

Damage, Ability Haste, Area Size, Projectile Count.

Area Size

Unlocked by:

Completing a Bel’Veth Trial. You’ll unlock Bel’Veth trials after surviving for 5 minutes on any map on Hard Difficulty.

Anti-Shark Sea Mine

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon Anti-Shark Sea Mine

Fires explosives that bounce between enemies.

Damage, Ability Haste, Area Size.

Damage

Unlocked by:

Reaching level 30 with Briar. You unlock Briar by defeating her in the Outskirts Map on any difficulty.

Battle Bunny Crossbow

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon Battle Bunny Crossbow

Fires a cone of projectiles scaling with bonus crit chance in a random direction. Projectiles pierce on critical strike.

Damage, Ability Haste, Critical Chance, Projectile Count.

Critical Chance

Unlocked by:

Reaching level 30 with Yasuo. You unlock Yasuo by defeating Bel’Veth in the Subterranean Lab Map on any difficulty.

Blade-o-rang

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon Blade-o-rang

Fires returning projectiles at the nearest enemy.

Damage, Ability Haste, Critical Chance, Projectile Count.

Move Speed

Unlocked by:

Surviving for 2 minutes.

Bunny Mega-Blast

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon Bunny Mega-Blast

Fires orbital strikes scaling with bonus critical chance at random enemies.

Damage, Ability Haste, Area Size, Critical Chance.

Critical Chance

Unlocked by:

Loading a Fuel Cell into the Ion Cannon on The Outskirts map.

Cyclonic Slicers

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon Cyclonic Slicers

Orbiting projectiles damage and knock back enemies.

Damage, Ability Haste, Area Size, Projectile Count, Duration.

Health Regen

Unlocked by:

Available by default.

Echoing Batblades

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon Echoing Batblades

Fires piercing projectiles that bounce off terrain.

Damage, Ability Haste, Critical Chance, Projectile Count.

Projectile Count

Unlocked by:

Reaching level 35 with Xayah. You unlock Xayah by completing 25 Bel’Veth Trials.

Final City Transit

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon Final City Transit

Trains occasionally appear and drive through enemies.

Damage, Ability Haste, Critical Chance, Armor.

Damage

Unlocked by:

Reaching level 25 with Leona. You unlock Leona by upgrading the Searing Shortbow to level 2.

Gatling Bunny-Guns

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon Gatling Bunny-Guns

Deals area damage over time in a cone.

Damage, Ability Haste, Duration.

Duration

Unlocked by:

Available by default.

Iceblast Armor

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon Iceblast Armor

Blocks damage and freezes surrounding enemies. Damage scales with Armor and Max Health.

Damage, Ability Haste, Area Size, Duration, Armor.

Armor

Unlocked by:

Freezing an enemy using the Freeze Bomb obelisk on the Subterranean Lab Map.

Lioness's Lament

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon Lioness's Lament

Fires crescent shaped projectiles.

Damage, Ability Haste, Critical Chance, Projectile Count.

Ability Haste

Unlocked by:

Available by default.

Paw Print Poisoner

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon Paw Print Poisoner

Leaves a damaging poison cloud behind while moving.

Damage, Area Size, Duration, Movement Speed.

Move Speed

Unlocked by:

Reaching level 35 with Riven. You unlock Riven by defeating Rek’Sai on the Warehouse District Map on Hard difficulty.

Radiant Field

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon Radiant Field

Damages nearby enemies, scaling with your Max Health.

Damage, Area Size, Max Health.

Max Health

Unlocked by:

Activating the Healing Fountain on the Warehouse District Map four times.

Searing Shortbow

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon Searing Shortbow

Fires projectiles that create lingering fire areas for a duration.

Damage, Ability Haste, Area Size, Projectile Count, Duration.

Area Size

Unlocked by:

Available by default.

Statikk Sword

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon Statikk Sword

Fires a lightning shock that bounces between enemies with the highest absolute current health.

Damage, Ability Haste, Area Size, Critical Chance, Duration.

Max Health

Unlocked by:

Reaching level 20 on any character.

T.I.B.B.E.R.S

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon T.I.B.B.E.R.S

Summons Robo-Tibbers. Robo-Tibbers swipes, dealing area damage. Robo-Tibbers focuses on enemies with the highest absolute current health.

Damage, Ability Haste, Duration, Movement Speed.

Duration

Unlocked by:

Levelling five different weapons to level 5 in one game.

The Annihilator

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon The Annihilator

Summons a massive strike over the area after a delay which instantly kills all normal enemies and heavily damages Elite enemies.

Damage, Ability Haste, Area Size.

EXP

Unlocked by:

Reaching level 35 with Aurora. You unlock Aurora by defeating 25 mini-bosses on Hard Difficulty.

UwU Blaster

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon UwU Blaster

Rapidly fires laser projectiles at the nearest enemy.

Damage, Ability Haste, Critical Chance, Projectile Count.

Ability Haste

Unlocked by:

Available by default.

Vortex Glove

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon Vortex Glove

Fires a rotating stream of projectiles.

Damage, Critical Chance, Projectile Count.

Health Regen

Unlocked by:

Reaching level 25 with Jinx.

YuumiBot

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon YuumiBot

Summons a Yuum.AI drone. Yuum.AI damages and knocks up enemies, and also gathers EXP Orbs.

Damage, Ability Haste, Area Size, Duration, Pickup Radius.

Pickup Radius

Unlocked by:

Defeating 15.000 enemies in total.

Signature Weapons

Each character has one Signature Weapon that is unique to them. You can’t purchase a different character’s Signature Weapon in any game. However, it’s still important to know what your Signature Weapon scales with and which passive it needs to evolve. Using this information, you can figure out the best weapon combos with each character.

In the tables underneath each Signature Weapon, we’ve listed several weapon options that either have the same Evolution path, or similar or identical scalings to the given character’s Signature Weapon. In the right column, we’ve listed the Passives you’d require to Evolve all of the suggested Weapons + the Signature Weapon.

Other Passive slots can be filled by anything you like. Most weapons scale with Damage and many scale with Ability Haste and Critical Chance; so these three Passives are great flex options.

Jinx - Meow Meow

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon Jinx Meow Meow

Jinx shoots bullets in a target direction.

Damage, Ability Haste, Critical Chance, Projectile Count.

Ability Haste

Weapon Synergies	Required Passives

Seraphine - Sound Wave

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon Seraphine Sound Wave

Seraphine sends out a wave, damaging and slowing enemies hit.

Damage, Ability Haste, Critical Chance, Projectile Count, Duration.

Projectile Count

Weapon Synergies	Required Passives

Leona - Shield Slam

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon Leona Shield Slam

Leona slams her shield, dealing damage in a cone.

Damage, Ability Haste, Area Size, Critical Chance, Armor.

Armor

Weapon Synergies	Required Passives

Illaoi - Tentacle Slam

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon Illaoi Tentacle Slam

Illaoi slams the ground, dealing damage and spawning a tentacle that will attack nearby enemies.

Damage, Ability Haste, Area Size, Duration.

Duration

Weapon Synergies	Required Passives

Briar - Pillory Swipe

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon Briar Pillory Swipe

Briar sweeps in front of her, dealing damage.

Damage, Ability Haste, Area Size, Critical Chance, Max Health.

Max Health

Weapon Synergies	Required Passives

Yasuo - Steel Tempest

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon Yasuo Steel Tempest

Yasuo gains flow, which increases as he moves and dashes. At 100 flow stacks, he throws out a whirlwind.

Damage, Ability Haste, Critical Chance, Projectile Count.

Critical Chance

Weapon Synergies	Required Passives

Riven - Bunny Hop

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon Riven Bunny Hop

Riven passively gains movement speed and a charge as she moves. At maximum charge, she jumps forward. Every second cast knocks up enemies.

Damage, Area Size, Critical Chance, Movement Speed.

Move Speed

Weapon Synergies	Required Passives

Aurora - Guiding Hex

Function

Scales With

Evolution

Swarm weapon Aurora Guiding Hex

Aurora shoots a hex through the air, guiding it as it flies. Enemies take damage and are hexed. She purges hexed targets every 3rd cast of her spell, which deals extra damage.

Damage, Ability Haste, Critical Chance, Projectile Count, Experience

EXP