Bot · 163 games · EUW

Swain

Bot · 48% of games Support · 19%Mid · 22%Top · 11%

Strongest when games end at 20–25 minutes (59%). On average behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes (−129 gold), and still wins 51%.

Win rate: 50.9%; ±7.7 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: B; #20 of 50
Pick rate: 2.5%; ban 0.7%
Games: 163; ranked solo/duo

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Swain bot wins 50.9% of 163 ranked games in EUW, rank 20 of 50 bot champions (tier B). Most players finish Rylai's Crystal Scepter first, at about 10:18.

The build at a glance

What most Swain players run

Items 1–4: the most common path. Later items: the most common pick in the games that last that long, so fewer games.

Items, in buying orderEvery option, item by item →

Item 1

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 10:46 · 53% · 86 games

Boots

Plated Steelcaps 13:24 · 48% of games

Item 2

Randuin's Omen 17:49 · 28% · 20 games

Item 3 · late game

Zhonya's Hourglass 23:00 · 33 of 106 games

Item 4 · late game

Abyssal Mask 28:30 · 4 of 44 games

Item 5 · late game

Spirit Visage 28:54 · 3 of 11 games

Runes

Conqueror · Precision + Resolve 21% of games · 50% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Ring + Health Potion 77% of games · 49% wins Other starts →

Spells

Exhaust + Flash 60% of games · 52% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Death's Hand first 91% of games · 52% wins Skill orders →

When Swain wins

Best when games end at 20–25′

Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished.

Ends before 25′58% wins42% of games · 69

Lasts 25′ or more47% wins56% of games · 91

Lanes

Watch out for Yunara

Hard Easy Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →

What wins Swain games

First Baron: 79% against 34%

Win rate when the team took it firstwhen it didn't Gap

First Baron 34% 79% +44

First tower 27% 71% +44

Rift Herald 34% 72% +38

First dragon 40% 62% +22

First Voidgrubs 43% 59% +17

First blood 44% 59% +16

Taking an objective goes with winning; it isn't the whole cause. First inhibitor is left out: it mostly means the game is already won.

How Swain plays

Fewer control wards, fewer multikills

What stands out (10% or more) against the average bot laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.

Fewer control wards a game0.15 against 0.44 · −66%

Fewer multikills a game0.56 against 1.08 · −48%

More assists a game10.3 against 7.0 · +47%

Less damage to towers5401 against 7897 · −32%

Fewer solo kills a game0.6 against 0.8 · −24%

Build path

Item by item, with the clock

What players finish in each slot, and when. Pick items to follow a build: every column then shows only games that match your picks, and a picked item doesn't appear in another slot. Fewer games last long enough for items 5 and 6.

Item 1done ~10:30

Item 2done ~17:36

Item 3done ~23:06

Item 4done ~27:48

Item 5done ~34:06

Most common full builds

Malignance › Plated Steelcaps › Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Zhonya's Hourglass 100.0%9 games

Blackfire Torch › Plated Steelcaps › Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Zhonya's Hourglass 50.0%6 games

Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Plated Steelcaps › Randuin's Omen › Zeke's Convergence 33.3%6 games

Blackfire Torch › Gluttonous Greaves › Liandry's Torment › Zhonya's Hourglass 80.0%5 games

Blackfire Torch › Mercury's Treads › Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Spirit Visage 50.0%4 games

Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Boots of Swiftness › Malignance › Zhonya's Hourglass 0.0%3 games

Each row stops where games ended or the next item was too rare to list on its own. Boots (dashed ring) sit where they're usually bought.

Adjust to their team

Items 2–4 against each team

Against teams with magic heavy damage

Force of Nature 64%11

Abyssal Mask 60%10

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 57%14

Zhonya's Hourglass 54%13

Riftmaker 50%8

Winter's Approach 44%9

Spirit Visage 40%5

Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.

Before the first back

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion48.8%125

Doran's Helm + Health Potion61.8%34

Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion + Refillable Potion100.0%1

Boots

Plated Steelcaps ~13:2445.6%79

Mercury's Treads ~13:3055.3%47

Boots of Swiftness ~12:1240.0%10

Summoner spells

Exhaust + Flash51.5%97

Flash + Ghost52.9%51

Flash + Teleport30.0%10

Skills

Max

E52.0%148

Max

W40.0%15

Start

Q49.4%89

Start

W55.8%52

Hard lanes

Watch out for Yunara

Easy lanes

Good into Kai'Sa

Every lane opponent · 10+ games

Behind at 15 against 2 of 4, still wins 0 of them

Expected: what Swain's and the opponent's overall win rates predict; the tick on each bar marks it. Rankings lean toward "even" until there are enough games.

Fewer than 10 games (16)

Jinx 33% · 9

Aphelios 67% · 9

Kalista 56% · 9

Draven 44% · 9

Caitlyn 44% · 9

Zeri 43% · 7

Ziggs 0% · 4

Xayah 75% · 4

Yasuo 75% · 4

Sivir 67% · 3

Mel 33% · 3

Lucian 67% · 3

Ezreal 33% · 3

Smolder 67% · 3

Corki 100% · 3

Kog'Maw 33% · 3

Swain vs Kai'Sa · 13 games · Early read

Swain does better than expected here

77%winsexpected 55%

+1070gold at 15′average −129

+3.6minions at 10′ahead or behind

15%in on first bloodsolo kills +0.62 a game

Gold lead against Kai'Sa Swain's average lead

Against Kai'Sa, Swain is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 77% of games and wins 80% of those. When behind, Swain wins 67%.

Ahead at 15′80% wins10 games

Behind at 15′67% wins3 games

Full Swain vs Kai'Sa page · Coming soon

The rest of the game · 15+ games

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Enemy top Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy jungle Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy mid Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy support Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Only differences that hold up after leaning small samples toward "even" are listed.

Dies less than most bot laners, but more of it is ganks

Before 14 minutes Swain dies 2.3 times a game (average 2.8). 40% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 36% for the average bot laner. 12% are fair 1-v-1s.

2.3deaths per game before 14′less than average (2.8)

40%involve the enemy junglermore than average (36%)

88%outnumbered (2+ enemies)about average (87%)

44%with no teammate nearmore than average (39%)

Deaths before 14 minutes. Gank: the enemy jungler got the kill or helped. Collapse: two or more enemies, no jungler. Alone: no teammate within about a screen.

Where Swain dies before 14 minutes

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of bot lane

Ganks: 50% in your half of bot lane. Collapses: 71% in your half of bot lane. 1-v-1s: 57% in your half of bot lane.

Each square takes the colour of the most common kind of death there; brighter = more deaths. Red-side games are flipped, so the map always reads from the blue side.

Compared with the average bot laner

What kills Swain

Kind of death

Swain Average

Gank 40% (avg 36%)Collapse 48% (avg 50%)1-v-1 12% (avg 13%)

Who gets the kill

Swain Average

Bot laner 54% (avg 50%)Jungler 23% (avg 21%)Support 13% (avg 16%)Mid laner 8% (avg 10%)Top laner 3% (avg 2%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 3:00 and 5:00, then every minute

Swain Peak Average bot laner

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Ward the river before 3:00 and 5:00. From 10:00, keep vision up: ganks come every minute.

Deaths involving the enemy jungler, per 100 games, by minute. Narrow bars: Swain; wide light bars behind them: the average. Highlighted: the laning peaks.

Where Swain wins fights

Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your half of bot lane

Before 14 minutes: 2.2 kills per death in their half of bot lane against 0.6 in your half of bot lane. Overall 1.2 kills per death.

Your half of bot lane 0.6 K/D 144 / 227

Their half of bot lane 2.2 K/D 231 / 106

The bot-side river 2.0 K/D 52 / 26

Their jungle 4.5 K/D 18 / 4

Blue bars: kills, red bars: deaths. On the map, blue squares are where Swain wins more fights than they lose, red where they lose more.

At the team's dragonsNo clear difference yetNear 28% of their team's dragon takes (average bot laner 32%). The team wins 62% when Swain is there and 65% when not.

Leaving laneNo clear difference yetFirst shows up in mid lane around 14:00 (average 15:00). Bot laners who get there by 14:00 win 54% against 47%; for Swain it is 51% against 51%.

Swain

What most Swain players run

Best when games end at 20–25′

Watch out for Yunara

First Baron: 79% against 34%

Fewer control wards, fewer multikills

Item by item, with the clock

Most common full builds

Items 2–4 against each team

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Boots

Summoner spells

Skills

Watch out for Yunara

Good into Kai'Sa

Behind at 15 against 2 of 4, still wins 0 of them

Swain does better than expected here

Swain does better than expected here

About what you would expect

Swain does worse than expected here

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Teammates that change Swain's games

Dies less than most bot laners, but more of it is ganks

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of bot lane

What kills Swain

Ganks come at 3:00 and 5:00, then every minute

Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your half of bot lane

Wins fights in their jungle, loses them in your half of mid

Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in your half of mid