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Champions 16.21.1 · en_US

Swain

The Noxian Grand General

MageSupport Resource: Mana
Attack 2
Defense 6
Magic 9
Difficulty 8

Abilities

P · Q · W · E · R
P

Ravenous Flock

Passive
Swain's ravens collect Soul Fragments that heal him and permanently increase his maximum health.

Ability videos show the latest version of the spells; they may differ on older patches.

Skins

10

  • Northern Front Swain

  • Bilgewater Swain

  • Tyrant Swain

  • Dragon Master Swain

  • Hextech Swain

  • Crystal Rose Swain

  • Winterblessed Swain

  • Chosen of the Wolf Swain

  • Prestige Chosen of the Wolf Swain

  • Fried Chicken King Swain

Lore

Jericho Swain is the visionary ruler of Noxus, an expansionist nation that reveres only strength. Though he was cast down and crippled in the Ionian wars, his left arm severed, he seized control of the empire with ruthless determination… and a new, demonic hand. Now, Swain commands from the front lines, marching against a coming darkness that only he can see—in glimpses gathered by shadowy ravens from the corpses all around him. In a swirl of sacrifice and secrets, the greatest secret of all is that the true enemy lies within.

Tips

Playing as

  • If you're having trouble rooting an enemy with Nevermove, try throwing it at opponents when they are near their minions so the explosion surprises them.
  • While laning, try to use Death's Hand's piercing damage to damage opponents from a safe distance.
  • Vision of Empire is quite difficult to land on its own, look for skirmishes around the map where enemies may be distracted or crowd controlled so you can land it more easily.
  • Demonic Ascension may make Swain very hard to kill but he's pretty easy to get away from. Try building items that can slow opponents to keep them in range if their mobility is overwhelming.

Playing against

  • Swain's passive is very potent if you are immobilized. Make sure to be extra careful around enemies who have immobilizing effects.
  • High mobility counters all of Swain's basic abilities: Death's Hand does more damage the closer he is, Vision of Empire has a very long delay and Nevermove must start returning back to him to be dangerous.
  • Buying an item with Grievous Wounds will make Swain much easier to kill during his Demonic Ascension.

Unchanged since patch 16.20.1

History

  1. Since patch 16.20.1Armor, Magic resist, Vision of Empire (W): cooldown
  2. Patches 16.7.1 to 16.19.1Skins, Skin name (50042)
  3. Patches 16.5.1 to 16.6.1Attack damage per level
  4. Patches 15.23.1 to 16.4.1Nevermove (E): cost
  5. Patches 14.24.1 to 15.22.1Armor, Armor per level
  6. Patches 14.22.1 to 14.23.1Magic resist, Magic resist per level, Nevermove (E): cooldown, Skins, Skin name (50032), Skin name (50033)
  7. Patch 14.21.1Health regen, Mana, Resource regen, Health regen per level, Nevermove (E): cooldown, Demonic Ascension (R): cooldown, Death's Hand (Q): cost, Nevermove (E): cost
  8. Patches 14.11.1 to 14.20.1Roles
  9. Patches 12.23.1 to 14.10.1Skins, Skin name (50021)
  10. Patches 12.21.1 to 12.22.1Mana per level
  11. Patches 12.10.1 to 12.20.1Health, Health per level, Armor per level, Magic resist per level
  12. Patch 12.9.1Armor, Move speed, Passive: description
  13. Patch 12.8.1Nevermove (E): description, Demonic Ascension (R): description, Death's Hand (Q): cooldown, Demonic Ascension (R): cooldown, Death's Hand (Q): cost, Vision of Empire (W): cost
  14. Patches 12.6.1 to 12.7.1Passive: description
  15. Patches 11.3.1 to 12.5.1Skins, Skin name (50012)
  16. Patches 11.1.1 to 11.2.1Armor
  17. Patches 10.15.1 to 10.25.1Move speed, Passive: description, Death's Hand (Q): description, Death's Hand (Q): cooldown, Nevermove (E): cooldown, Vision of Empire (W): cost, Nevermove (E): cost, Vision of Empire (W): range
  18. Patches 10.12.1 to 10.14.1Demonic Ascension (R): description
  19. Patches 9.24.1 to 10.11.1Skins, Skin name (50011)
  20. Patches 9.15.1 to 9.23.1Death's Hand (Q): range
  21. Patch 9.14.1Attack range, Health per level, Passive: description, Death's Hand (Q): description, Demonic Ascension (R): description, Death's Hand (Q): cooldown, Demonic Ascension (R): cost, Death's Hand (Q): range
  22. Patches 8.23.1 to 9.13.1Attack speed, Attack speed per level
  23. Patches 8.9.1 to 8.22.1Mana, Resource regen, Mana per level
  24. Patches 8.7.1 to 8.8.2Death's Hand (Q): cooldown
  25. Patches 8.5.1 to 8.6.1Death's Hand (Q): cooldown
  26. Patch 8.4.1Vision of Empire (W): cost, Skins, Skin name (50004)
  27. Patch 8.3.1Title, Lore, Health, Health regen, Attack damage, Attack range, Health per level, Mana per level, Attack damage per level, Tips (playing as), Tips (playing against), Passive: name, Passive: description, Death's Hand (Q): name, Vision of Empire (W): name, Nevermove (E): name, Demonic Ascension (R): name, Death's Hand (Q): description, Vision of Empire (W): description, Nevermove (E): description, Demonic Ascension (R): description, Death's Hand (Q): cooldown, Vision of Empire (W): cooldown, Nevermove (E): cooldown, Demonic Ascension (R): cooldown, Death's Hand (Q): cost, Vision of Empire (W): cost, Nevermove (E): cost, Demonic Ascension (R): cost, Death's Hand (Q): range, Vision of Empire (W): range, Nevermove (E): range, Demonic Ascension (R): range
  28. Patches 7.24.1 to 8.2.1Lore
  29. Patches 7.22.1 to 7.23.1Health, Health per level
  30. Patches 7.9.1 to 7.21.1Magic resist per level
  31. Patches 7.3.1 to 7.8.1Resource, Health regen
  32. Patches 6.13.1 to 7.2.1Demonic Ascension (R): cooldown
  33. Patches 6.11.1 to 6.12.1Demonic Ascension (R): description
  34. Patch 6.10.1Health per level
  35. Patch 6.9.1Death's Hand (Q): description, Nevermove (E): description, Demonic Ascension (R): description, Death's Hand (Q): cooldown, Demonic Ascension (R): cooldown, Death's Hand (Q): cost, Vision of Empire (W): cost, Death's Hand (Q): range, Demonic Ascension (R): range
  36. Patches 6.4.1 to 6.8.1Resource, Demonic Ascension (R): range
  37. Patches 5.22.2 to 6.3.1Mana, Mana per level
  38. Patches 4.20.1 to 5.22.1Health, Health regen, Mana, Resource regen, Attack damage, Armor, Resource regen per level
  39. Patches 4.15.1 to 4.19.3Profile: Difficulty
  40. Patches 4.13.1 to 4.14.2Passive: description
  41. Patches 4.5.4 to 4.12.2Armor
  42. Patches 4.2.5 to 4.4.3Roles
  43. Patch 4.2.1Roles
  44. Patches 4.1.13 to 4.1.43Roles
  45. Patches 3.15.2 to 4.1.9Nevermove (E): description
  46. Patches 3.12.2 to 3.14.41Death's Hand (Q): description
  47. Patches 3.10.2 to 3.11.4Roles
  48. Patches 3.7.1 to 3.9.7Lore, Tips (playing as), Tips (playing against), Passive: name, Passive: description, Death's Hand (Q): name, Vision of Empire (W): name, Nevermove (E): name, Demonic Ascension (R): name, Death's Hand (Q): description, Vision of Empire (W): description, Nevermove (E): description, Demonic Ascension (R): description, Death's Hand (Q): cooldown, Vision of Empire (W): cooldown, Nevermove (E): cooldown, Demonic Ascension (R): cooldown, Death's Hand (Q): cost, Vision of Empire (W): cost, Nevermove (E): cost, Demonic Ascension (R): cost, Death's Hand (Q): range, Vision of Empire (W): range, Nevermove (E): range, Death's Hand (Q): ranks, Vision of Empire (W): ranks, Nevermove (E): ranks, Demonic Ascension (R): ranks, Skins, Skin name (50000), Skin name (50001), Skin name (50002), Skin name (50003)
  49. Patches 3.6.14 to 3.6.15Lore, Resource, Tips (playing as), Tips (playing against), Passive: name, Passive: description, Death's Hand (Q): name, Vision of Empire (W): name, Nevermove (E): name, Demonic Ascension (R): name, Death's Hand (Q): description, Vision of Empire (W): description, Nevermove (E): description, Demonic Ascension (R): description, Death's Hand (Q): cooldown, Vision of Empire (W): cooldown, Nevermove (E): cooldown, Demonic Ascension (R): cooldown, Death's Hand (Q): cost, Vision of Empire (W): cost, Nevermove (E): cost, Demonic Ascension (R): cost, Death's Hand (Q): range, Vision of Empire (W): range, Nevermove (E): range, Death's Hand (Q): ranks, Vision of Empire (W): ranks, Nevermove (E): ranks, Demonic Ascension (R): ranks
  50. Patches 0.152.55 to 0.154.3Move speed
  51. Patches 0.151.2 to 0.151.101