Swain is a ranged mage usually played Bot/Support on Summoner's Rift. This guide covers Swain in ARAM: Play as a durable battle mage who thrives in extended fights, using your ultimate to sustain and your crowd control to disrupt the enemy team.
Swain ARAM Abilities
Swain collects Soul Fragments from ravens to heal and permanently increase his max health.
Swain fires piercing bolts that deal increased damage per bolt hitting the same target.
Swain opens a demon eye that damages, slows, and reveals enemy champions, granting a Soul Fragment per hit.
Swain launches a wave that returns, rooting enemies hit, then pulls them closer.
Swain transforms, draining health from nearby enemies, and can cast Demonflare to damage and slow.
Swain ARAM Playstyle & Tips
Play as a durable battle mage who thrives in extended fights, using your ultimate to sustain and your crowd control to disrupt the enemy team.
Tips
Maximize your ultimate's healing by fighting in the middle of the enemy team.
Use your passive to stack health from enemy souls for extra tankiness.
Build mana items like Rod of Ages to sustain your poke and waveclear.
Save your E for vision control or to catch fleeing enemies in the narrow ARAM map.
Position carefully to avoid being kited; use your W to slow enemies from range.
Combos
E to snare, then W for slow and damage, followed by Q for burst.
Ultimate (R) to drain health, then use W and Q to keep enemies in range.
Flash into the enemy team, activate R, then use E to lock down a priority target.
Swain ARAM Build Patch 16.13
Runes
Primary — Precision
Conqueror
Presence of Mind
Legend: Haste
Last StandSecondary — Resolve
Conditioning
OvergrowthSummoners
Skill Order
Max your skills in this order
Starter Items
- 1.
Haunting Guise - 2.
Health Potion - 3. Health Potion
Core Items
- 1.
Rod of Ages - 2.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter - 3.
Spirit Visage
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- you are a sustained damage battle mage
- enemy team has multiple tanks
- your champion benefits from omnivamp
Avoid when:
- you are a burst mage or assassin
- enemy team is all squishy and mobile
Options
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- you are a sustained damage battle mage
- enemy team has multiple tanks
- your champion benefits from omnivamp
Avoid when:
- you are a burst mage or assassin
- enemy team is all squishy and mobile
Options
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- enemy has multiple melee auto-attackers
- your team needs sustained frontline durability
- enemy lacks percent health damage
Avoid when:
- enemy team is heavy on burst mages
- your champion prefers damage over survivability
Options
Swain ARAM FAQ
What is the best build for Swain in ARAM?
In ARAM, Swain typically builds core items like Rod of Ages, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Spirit Visage and Conqueror runes (Precision primary, Resolve secondary).
What runes should I use for Swain in ARAM?
Take Conqueror in the Precision tree as your keystone, with Resolve as your secondary tree for Swain in ARAM.
How do you play Swain in ARAM?
Play as a durable battle mage who thrives in extended fights, using your ultimate to sustain and your crowd control to disrupt the enemy team.
What is Swain's best combo in ARAM?
E to snare, then W for slow and damage, followed by Q for burst.
