Swain Wild Rift Build & Guide

Conqueror gives additional AP to Swain upon receiving stacks of Conqueror, and at max stacks, he’ll receive bonus Omnivamp. For Swain, stacking up conqueror is an easy task especially in extended fights. On the other hand, you may also opt for Phase Rush that allows you gain bonus movement speed and ability haste upon hitting attacks.

Scorch – Deal bonus damage to champions on ability hit.

Gathering Storm -Every 3 minutes, gain AD or AP.

Nullifying Orb – Gain a shield when damaged by a champion while low health.

Bone Plating – When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you deal reduced damage.

Sweet Tooth – Increases honeyfruit healing effect, each fruit also provides bonus gold.

Hunter-Genius – Unique champion takedowns grant Ability Haste.

In our Swain Wild Rift Guide, here are the best champion spells that you can equip on him.

Swain’s kit is composed of damage-dealing and crowd control abilities but lacks mobility. This makes him vulnerable to ganks and enemies who are trying to eliminate him. Hence, just like any other champions, Flash is an ideal spell for him as it allows him to escape, blink into his opponents or make some flashy plays.

Swain is able to dish out continuous damage and that is thanks to his set of abilities. This enables him to dominate midlane and as a support as well. On top of these abilities, Swain can pick Ignite to finish off his opponents. At the same time, he and his team can benefit from the Grievous Wounds effect that decreases incoming healing.

Starting off with E > W > Q is the ideal skill upgrade order in most matchups. This allows you to bully your opponents in the early, followed by the rest of his abilities. However, it’s best to max Death’s Hand (Q) first as it is his main source of damage and will greatly increase his overall damage in the long run. Next, max Vision of Empire (W) to increase the damage it will deal and the slow duration. As for the ultimate, upgrade it as soon as it is available at level 5, 9 and 13.

Swain’s early game heavily depends on his ability to land his third and second ability to bully his opponents. However, it is not usually spammable due to the mana cost.

Post-level 5, always try to partake in teamfights as your ultimate is important in skirmishes along with the rest of your abilities.

Swain’s strength is highlighted in every teamfight due to his Demonic Ascension (R) and Nevermove (E). Although Swain can heal off of his ultimate, he’ll still require some defensive items to be able to survive in the middle of the teamfights.

This makes Stasis Enchant a must-have enchantment for him. During clashes, Swain can use Stasis while using his ultimate. This allows him to become untargetable, while being able to damage and heal.

For our Swain Wild Rift Guide, we highly recommend using him with the following champions as they synergize well with him.

Kennen‘s ultimate, Slicing Maelstrom is a massive threat during teamfights because of its large range and the damage that it can deal. Much more if the enemies are stunned. Along with Swain’s ultimate, Demonic Ascension, these two along with their allies can dominate the teamfight with ease.

Swain can be deployed as a support thanks to his ability to deal damage from a safe distance and his crowd control. This kind of support is what Jhin exactly needs to win the lane. The Virtuoso can benefit from Swain’s ranged attack to be able to immobilize targets with Deadly Flourish. What makes it a lot better is that both of these two can perma-root enemies as they combine Deadly Flourish and Nevermove.