r/SwainMains

I can see it's like 52% in Iron and then it drops 0,5%-1% up until Gold where it has 49% and Plat with 48% - i haven't looked further.

Normally this obviously tells that the champ works better on low elo, because better players know how to play around whatever makes Swain work in lower elos.

But here I don't understand why Swain falls off a cliff? He is pretty tanky, he has good poke and a nasty CC combo of E>W for a root, pull AND slow.
He scales really well in terms of being useful in teamfights later on with his Ulti combined with items like Rylais, Liandrys and Morello.

So yeah .... Why isn't Swain support a real thing? I just played 1 game last night and enjoyed it + we dominated a Thresh/Jinx as Swain/Cait

Heya, Freezzer001#EUW here (welcome to look at my OP.gg for further data)

Ive now for the first real time ever started a climb, went from Iron to silver 3 already this year and was told I should be able to reach Gold, sadly I had a big lose streak which fucked my MMR and now the climb is pretty slow.

Ive had very good results with Swain on Bot so far (65,9% on 41 games) but I feel like im doing something wrong. Idk if it's my team or myself but I often feel like I cant do much if one of my laners lost hard, I cant really kite or poke to the same extend I could with, for example, smolder or Viktor. Everytime I try to fight around an objektive, it feels like I am forced to commit due to things like the pull on e or the fact that I just need the enemy close to me when im in R.

Last game I had a super fed enemy Quinn who just roamed and got wayy ahead, how do i navigate that situation? I feel like if I just poke her with W my team would just instandly engage and die because they are silver and want to fight more then anything.

Im open, of anyone wants, for a coaching seassion (i mean it's silver so there is probably something obvious im missing)

Anyways thanks for any help and im looking forward to any Tipps you guys have :)

Took the two matchup videos from u/TheHusum27:

• SWAIN MID MATCHUPS IN 32 MINUTES (March 2024)
• Swain Top & Matchup Guide (November 2025)

and transcribed them into a matchup spreadsheet so they're a bit easier to reference while playing.

Top Matchups

Mid Matchups

These videos helped me heaps, so I figured I'd share the spreadsheet here in case it's useful to anyone else!

Been trying Husum's tank builds. This is a variation of course as it depends on the enemy comp. I think this is the way to climb, I can be an annoying crow the enemy team can't shake off, and I don't explode immediately vs burst or long range ADCs like kogmaw. It's a lot less fun tho.

Since it's 1 AP 3AD I rushed negatron and just sat on it while building the other items. Maybe it was troll to go Rylai's after negatron since 3 ppl had dashes. It felt effective. Wdya think?

https://preview.redd.it/owyp9qd2rwjh1.png?width=980&format=png&auto=webp&s=ccf666834d9d5c0270f8c571e95a8104794ee4b4

I've been main swain for 5 years, especially APC, and recently one of my best friends started playing APC just like me, apart from stealing my main, the very bastard has a good performance, is it bad that I feel bad because someone else is playing my general noxiano?

(It also doesn't help that he was with my ex-girlfriend a year ago)

Can anyone give me some pointers on how to deal with this lane? This character is not the most one sided matchup, but imho he is the most irritating by far. Swain's slow attack speed to break the terrain, the maiden not counting as a champion to drain, his mixed damage despite building full ad, our slow movespeed to escape ghouls/dodge mist, and the tiny amount of damage ghouls take from QE, I'm just at my wit's end with that guy.

Any tips at all appreciated!

I've been wondering, what if Swain's E worked as Viktor E does? It'll help with the assassins and the lack of movility early game.

Hi I really enjoy playing Swain and want to start one tricking him. Which lane is best suited for this in the long run? Its hard to one-track and constantly move around lanes I feel, so if I had to lock down and learn to play him in one lane which would you guys recommend?

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