Bot · 155 games · NA

Swain

Bot · 34% of games Support · 32%Top · 9%Mid · 25%

Strongest when games end at 20–25 minutes (66%). On average behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes (−95 gold), and still wins 57%.

Win rate: 57.4%; ±7.8 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: S; #2 of 47
Pick rate: 2.5%; ban 1.4%
Games: 155; ranked solo/duo

Lane opponent

Any opponent

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Swain bot wins 57.4% of 155 ranked games in NA, rank 2 of 47 bot champions (tier S). Most players finish Malignance first, at about 10:42.

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

Malignance 10:37 · 33% · 49 games

Boots

Plated Steelcaps 13:36 · 45% of games

Item 2

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 16:42 · 93% · 40 games

Item 3

Zhonya's Hourglass 24:19 · 88% · 22 games

Item 4 · late game

Spirit Visage 28:48 · 9 of 43 games

Runes

Conqueror · Precision + Inspiration 10% of games · 60% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Ring + Health Potion 52% of games · 60% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Ghost 61% of games · 59% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Death's Hand first 72% of games · 57% 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′63% wins33% of games · 51

Lasts 25′ or more54% wins65% of games · 100

Lanes

Watch out for Jhin

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

What wins Swain games

First Baron: 82% against 39%

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

First Baron 39% 82% +43

First tower 38% 78% +40

Rift Herald 46% 73% +27

First dragon 45% 69% +25

First blood 52% 63% +11

First Voidgrubs 57% 57% −0

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, more assists

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

Fewer control wards a game0.19 against 0.43 · −56%

More assists a game10.8 against 7.0 · +54%

Less damage to towers4987 against 7338 · −32%

Fewer multikills a game0.79 against 1.06 · −25%

Less time spent dead4.8s against 5.7s a minute · −17%

About average: damage.

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 ~11:00

Item 2done ~17:18

Item 3done ~24:00

Item 4done ~28:48

Most common full builds

Malignance › Plated Steelcaps › Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Zhonya's Hourglass 52.6%19 games

Blackfire Torch › Plated Steelcaps › Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Zhonya's Hourglass 66.7%15 games

Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Plated Steelcaps › Winter's Approach › Unending Despair 71.4%7 games

Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Mercury's Treads › Winter's Approach › Zhonya's Hourglass 0.0%5 games

Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Boots of Swiftness › Winter's Approach › Unending Despair › Spirit Visage 60.0%5 games

Malignance › Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Plated Steelcaps › Zhonya's Hourglass › Kaenic Rookern 66.7%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

Spirit Visage 100%5

Abyssal Mask 100%5

Kaenic Rookern 80%5

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 76%33

Winter's Approach 75%12

Zhonya's Hourglass 65%17

Force of Nature 60%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 Potion60.5%81

Doran's Helm + Health Potion54.1%74

Boots

Plated Steelcaps ~13:3660.0%70

Mercury's Treads ~13:5466.0%47

Boots of Swiftness ~13:0640.0%15

Summoner spells

Flash + Ghost58.5%94

Exhaust + Flash58.6%58

Flash + Teleport0.0%2

Skills

Max

E57.1%112

Max

W59.5%42

Start

Q57.1%77

Start

W62.1%66

Hard lanes

Watch out for Jhin

Easy lanes

Good into Ezreal

Every lane opponent · 10+ games

Behind at 15 against 3 of 5, still wins 3 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 (18)

Tristana 67% · 6

Caitlyn 17% · 6

Xayah 60% · 5

Sivir 60% · 5

Yasuo 0% · 4

Kalista 50% · 4

Zeri 25% · 4

Vayne 25% · 4

Varus 50% · 4

Ziggs 50% · 4

Viktor 50% · 4

Aphelios 75% · 4

Kog'Maw 100% · 3

Ashe 33% · 3

Corki 100% · 3

Hwei 100% · 3

Xerath 33% · 3

Syndra 67% · 3

Swain vs Yunara · 15 games · Early read

Swain does better than expected here

60%winsexpected 56%

+81gold at 15′average −95

−11.9minions at 10′ahead or behind

20%in on first bloodsolo kills +0.20 a game

Gold lead against Yunara Swain's average lead

Against Yunara, Swain is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 60% of games and wins 67% of those. When behind, Swain wins 50%.

Ahead at 15′67% wins9 games

Behind at 15′50% wins6 games

Full Swain vs Yunara 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

Before 14 minutes Swain dies 2.0 times a game (average 2.5). 37% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 36% for the average bot laner. 13% are fair 1-v-1s.

2.0deaths per game before 14′less than average (2.5)

37%involve the enemy junglerabout average (36%)

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

34%with no teammate nearless than average (37%)

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: 62% in your half of bot lane. 1-v-1s: 45% 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 37% (avg 36%)Collapse 50% (avg 51%)1-v-1 13% (avg 12%)

Who gets the kill

Swain Average

Bot laner 47% (avg 50%)Jungler 18% (avg 21%)Support 15% (avg 17%)Mid laner 18% (avg 10%)Top laner 2% (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: 2.4 kills per death in their half of bot lane against 0.7 in your half of bot lane. Overall 1.3 kills per death.

Your half of bot lane 0.7 K/D 130 / 175

Their half of bot lane 2.4 K/D 212 / 88

The bot-side river 1.7 K/D 50 / 29

Your jungle 1.0 K/D 12 / 12

Their jungle 6.5 K/D 13 / 2

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 31% of their team's dragon takes (average bot laner 36%). The team wins 76% when Swain is there and 76% when not.

Leaving laneNo clear difference yetFirst shows up in mid lane around 15:00 (average 15:00). Bot laners who get there by 14:00 win 54% against 47%; for Swain it is 58% against 57%.

Swain

What most Swain players run

Best when games end at 20–25′

Watch out for Jhin

First Baron: 82% against 39%

Fewer control wards, more assists

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 Jhin

Good into Ezreal

Behind at 15 against 3 of 5, still wins 3 of them

Swain does better than expected here

About what you would expect

Swain does worse than expected here

About what you would expect

Swain does better than expected here

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Teammates that change Swain's games

Dies less than most bot laners

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 half of mid, loses them in your half of mid

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