Swain, the Noxian Grand General, is a ranged mage and support champion. In fights Swain is a durable champion who deals magic damage over extended fights, with healing in the kit. Here are the augments Swain players take most, the Prismatic items worth grabbing and the core build on patch 26.20.
Your Abilities apply an infinitely stacking Burn, dealing magic damage over time. Your Burn effects reduce your basic Ability Cooldowns.
Death's Hand (Q), Vision of Empire (W) and Nevermove (E) all stack the Burn, and it lowers their cooldowns, so you root, pull and slow more often.
Gain increased size and percent bonus Health per takedown.
Each takedown adds Tank Engine health on top of the max Health from Ravenous Flock (Passive), letting you stay in Demonic Ascension (R) range longer while draining.
Become large, gaining 15% Health and 10% Adaptive Force.
Demonic Ascension (R) keeps you at close range, so the extra Health helps you survive there while the Adaptive Force raises its drain damage.
In game, Hexgate puts a badge under every augment card you are offered, with how often Swain players take it.
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Based on 24,903 Swain games in Arena on patch 26.20. Augments and items are ordered by how often Swain players take them; the bars compare each one with the most taken.
Augment offers come in Silver, Gold and Prismatic. These are the cards Swain players take most at each rarity, most taken first.
Infernal Conduit
Goliath
Dreadbringer
Doomsayer
Tank Engine
Rabble Rousing
Phenomenal Evil
Celestial Body
Desecrator
ADAPtThe Prismatic items Swain players pick most often from the offer, most picked first.
Pyromancer's Cloak
Demonic Embrace
Runecarver
Cruelty
Dragonheart
Sanguine GiftBoots to start, then the items Swain players build most often in Arena, most built first. Adapt the order to the lobby: every other team is an opponent.
Sorcerer's Shoes
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Riftmaker
Liandry's Torment
Rabadon's Deathcap
Heartsteel
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Spirit VisageThe order Swain players level their abilities in most often: max Death's Hand (Q) first, then Vision of Empire (W), and take Demonic Ascension (R) whenever you can.
QDeath's Hand
WVision of Empire
ENevermove| Level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | ||||||||||
| W | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||||||
| E | E | E | E | ||||||||||||
| R | R | R |
On patch 26.20 Swain players take Infernal Conduit, Tank Engine and Goliath most often.
The Prismatic items Swain players pick most are Pyromancer's Cloak, Demonic Embrace and Runecarver.
Start with Sorcerer's Shoes, then the items Swain players build most: Riftmaker, Liandry's Torment and Rabadon's Deathcap. Adapt the rest to the lobby.
Max Death's Hand (Q) first, then Vision of Empire (W), and level Demonic Ascension (R) whenever you can.
On patch 26.20 Swain is S tier in the Arena tier list: excellent picks.
Arena tier list for all champions · Swain in ARAM Mayhem
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