Swain
Strongest when games end at 25–30 minutes (54%). On average behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes (−36 gold).
- Win rate
- 47.1%
- ±6.1 · role avg 50.0%
- Tier
- C
- #62 of 81
- Pick rate
- 1.4%
- ban 0.8%
- Games
- 259
- ranked solo/duo
- Win rate
- vs expected
- CS at 10
- Solo kills
- First blood
Swain mid wins 47.1% of 259 ranked games, rank 62 of 81 mid champions (tier C). Most players finish Rylai's Crystal Scepter first, at about 11:42.
What most Swain players run
Rylai's Crystal Scepter 11:24 · 40% · 98 games 
Mercury's Treads 11:42 · 32% of games 
Winter's Approach 16:48 · 24% · 18 games 
Zhonya's Hourglass 25:18 · 40 of 118 games 
Bloodletter's Curse 33:48 · 7 of 45 games 
Jak'Sho, The Protean 38:12 · 3 of 8 games Loses short games, wins from 25 minutes
Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished. Watch out for Ahri, Twisted Fate
Hard Easy Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →First Baron: 84% against 26%
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.
More assists, fewer control wards
What stands out (10% or more) against the average mid laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.
About average: minions, share of team damage, damage.
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.
Most common full builds
Mercury's Treads › Blackfire Torch › Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Zhonya's Hourglass 50.0%10 games 
Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Plated Steelcaps › Liandry's Torment › Zhonya's Hourglass 50.0%6 games 
Boots of Swiftness › Blackfire Torch › Liandry's Torment › Zhonya's Hourglass 75.0%4 games 
Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Winter's Approach › Zhonya's Hourglass 50.0%4 games Blackfire Torch › Mercury's Treads › Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Liandry's Torment 50.0%4 games 
Malignance › Mercury's Treads › Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Liandry's Torment 33.3%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.
Items 2–4 against each team
Against teams with mostly physical damage
Frozen Heart 75%8 
Riftmaker 67%6 Zhonya's Hourglass 61%23 Liandry's Torment 47%15 
Randuin's Omen 40%5 Rylai's Crystal Scepter 39%23 Winter's Approach 38%8 Against teams with mixed damage
Frozen Heart 67%6 Zhonya's Hourglass 65%20 Winter's Approach 60%5 Liandry's Torment 56%18 Rylai's Crystal Scepter 42%24 Bloodletter's Curse 33%6 Against teams with magic heavy damage
Frozen Heart 83%6 Liandry's Torment 76%21 Riftmaker 71%14 Bloodletter's Curse 63%8 Rylai's Crystal Scepter 61%36 Malignance 60%5 Zhonya's Hourglass 58%26 Against teams with no frontliner
Liandry's Torment 86%7 Zhonya's Hourglass 59%17 Rylai's Crystal Scepter 40%20 Malignance 40%5 Winter's Approach 38%8 Bloodletter's Curse 33%6 Randuin's Omen 0%5 Against teams with one frontliner
Frozen Heart 73%11 Riftmaker 64%14 Randuin's Omen 60%5 Liandry's Torment 60%25 Zhonya's Hourglass 59%34 Rylai's Crystal Scepter 52%44 Bloodletter's Curse 50%8 Against teams with two or more
Frozen Heart 83%6 Riftmaker 80%5 Winter's Approach 67%6 Zhonya's Hourglass 67%18 Liandry's Torment 55%22 Rylai's Crystal Scepter 53%19 Against teams with little
Riftmaker 86%7 Zhonya's Hourglass 59%17 Liandry's Torment 59%17 Rylai's Crystal Scepter 42%26 Malignance 40%5 Winter's Approach 38%8 Against teams with some
Frozen Heart 83%12 Malignance 80%5 Winter's Approach 71%7 Zhonya's Hourglass 65%31 Liandry's Torment 62%26 Bloodletter's Curse 56%9 Riftmaker 45%11 Against teams with a lot
Rylai's Crystal Scepter 68%28 Liandry's Torment 64%11 Riftmaker 60%5 Zhonya's Hourglass 57%21 Bloodletter's Curse 33%6 Winter's Approach 20%5 Against teams with little
Malignance 67%6 Liandry's Torment 61%18 Zhonya's Hourglass 59%22 Rylai's Crystal Scepter 50%24 Against teams with some
Frozen Heart 78%9 Liandry's Torment 65%17 Zhonya's Hourglass 64%22 Riftmaker 64%11 Rylai's Crystal Scepter 50%26 Blackfire Torch 40%5 Bloodletter's Curse 40%5 Against teams with a lot
Riftmaker 75%8 Frozen Heart 71%7 Bloodletter's Curse 67%9 Zhonya's Hourglass 60%25 Liandry's Torment 58%19 Rylai's Crystal Scepter 48%33 Winter's Approach 38%13 Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.
Start, boots, spells, skills
Starting items
Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion49.3%225
Doran's Helm + Health Potion32.3%31
Dark Seal + Refillable Potion50.0%2Boots
Mercury's Treads ~11:4244.0%84Plated Steelcaps ~13:1241.9%74Ionian Boots of Lucidity ~9:5453.8%39Summoner spells
Flash + Ghost50.9%110
Flash + Teleport44.1%93
Exhaust + Flash46.9%32Skills
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E47.3%239QEW47.4%19QEW43.9%107EQW48.5%68Laid out like the game: the most picked rune in each row is in colour. Hover or tap a rune for its name, description and numbers.
Sorcery · 43% win · 184 games 
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Precision · 58% win · 66 games 
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Domination · 56% win · 9 games 
33%33% 
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Resolve · 41% win · 121 games 
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49%42% 
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16%47% Precision · 51% win · 83 games — 2%0% 61%51% — 76%49% — 1%100% 48%57% 11%33% Sorcery · 56% win · 36 games 25%56% 75%56% — 67%67% 11%50% — 19%29% — 3%0% 
Inspiration · 59% win · 17 games 
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47%50% Domination · 0% win · 2 games 50%0% 50%0% — — — — — — 100%0% 
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15%26% 
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10%62% 41%43% 33%9 games 50%8 games 25%8 games 43%7 games 43%7 games Watch out for Ahri, Twisted Fate
Good into Galio, Ekko, Sylas
Behind at 15 against 4 of 8, still wins 3 of them
Fewer than 10 games (23)
Locke 56% · 9
Lissandra 63% · 8
Yone 25% · 8
Akali 14% · 7
Taliyah 43% · 7
Katarina 43% · 7
Aurelion Sol 40% · 5
Qiyana 20% · 5
Kassadin 60% · 5
Zed 75% · 4
LeBlanc 50% · 4
Lucian 100% · 3
Aurora 33% · 3
Fizz 0% · 3
Irelia 67% · 3
Xerath 67% · 3
Zoe 33% · 3
Annie 33% · 3
Ryze 67% · 3
Orianna 33% · 3
Azir 33% · 3
Naafiri 33% · 3
Akshan 33% · 3
Swain does better than expected here
Against Sylas, Swain is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 44% of games and wins 88% of those. When behind, Swain wins 40%.
Swain does worse than expected here
Against Twisted Fate, Swain is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 50% of games and wins 38% of those. When behind, Swain wins 38%.
Swain does better than expected here
Against Syndra, Swain is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 64% of games, and still wins 67% of those. When ahead, Swain wins 40%.
Swain does better than expected here
Against Galio, Swain is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 79% of games and wins 73% of those. When behind, Swain wins 67%.
About what you would expect
Against Viktor, Swain is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 50% of games and wins 50% of those. When behind, Swain wins 50%.
Swain does better than expected here
Against Yasuo, Swain is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 70% of games, and still wins 43% of those. When ahead, Swain wins 67%.
Swain does better than expected here
Against Ekko, Swain is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 50% of games, and still wins 40% of those. When ahead, Swain wins 80%.
Swain does worse than expected here
Against Ahri, Swain is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 80% of games, and still wins 25% of those. When ahead, Swain wins 50%.
Enemies that cost Swain games: Lee Sin, Nautilus
Teammates that change Swain's games
Lee Sin44% · exp. 48% −425 games 
Graves59% · exp. 49% +917 games 
Jhin63% · exp. 49% +1430 games 
Kai'Sa64% · exp. 48% +1622 games 
Yunara53% · exp. 48% +519 games 
Nautilus41% · exp. 50% −922 games 
Alistar60% · exp. 44% +1615 games 
Leona53% · exp. 46% +815 games Qiyana24% · exp. 50% −2617 games Lee Sin32% · exp. 46% −1425 games 
Wukong60% · exp. 50% +1015 games 
Jinx24% · exp. 49% −2521 games 
Caitlyn38% · exp. 48% −1016 games 
Tristana68% · exp. 49% +1922 games 
Draven71% · exp. 49% +2217 games 
Ezreal53% · exp. 44% +1015 games 
Thresh35% · exp. 50% −1623 games Alistar39% · exp. 50% −1123 games 
Karma60% · exp. 44% +1615 games 
Dies about as often as most mid laners
Before 14 minutes Swain dies 2.2 times a game (average 2.2). 52% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 50% for the average mid laner. 29% are fair 1-v-1s.
Ganks and collapses both hit your half of mid
Ganks: 33% in your half of mid. Collapses: 34% in your half of mid. 1-v-1s: 67% in your half of mid.
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.What kills Swain
Ganks come at 3:00, 6:00 and 8:00–10:00, then every minute
Ward the river before 3:00, 6:00 and 8:00. 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.Wins fights in their jungle, loses them in your half of mid
Wins fights in their jungle, loses them in your jungle
Wins fights in their jungle, loses them in your jungle
Before 14 minutes: 2.6 kills per death in their jungle against 0.4 in your half of mid. Overall 1.0 kills per death.
From 14 to 25 minutes: 2.0 kills per death in their jungle against 0.6 in your jungle. Overall 1.1 kills per death.
After 25 minutes: 1.8 kills per death in their jungle against 0.4 in your jungle. Overall 0.8 kills per death.