A battle mage who excels at sustained combat, Swain combines crowd control abilities with self-healing to dominate teamfights from the bot lane position.

Core Abilities Overview

Passive - Ravenous Flock

• Automatically collects soul fragments from deceased nearby champions
• Each fragment grants 12 permanent bonus health
• Heals for 3-6% max health when collecting souls

Q - Death's Hand

• Unleashes five dark lightning bolts in a cone
• Multiple hits deal bonus magic damage
• Primary farming and trading tool

W - Vision of Empire

• Long-range area reveal (5500-7500 units)
• Deals magic damage and slows targets for 2.5s
• Excellent for scouting and cross-map plays

E - Nevermove

• Sends demonic wave that returns and roots enemies
• Can pull rooted targets 290 units toward Swain
• Reveals invisible champions when hit

R - Demonic Ascension

• Drains nearby enemies for damage and healing
• Reduced healing from minions (90% reduction)
• Can be reactivated for burst damage and slow
• Sustains longer when draining champions

Skill Order Priority

1. R (whenever possible at 6/11/16)
2. Q - Main damage and waveclear
3. E - CC and setup
4. W - Utility and vision control

Core Build Path Starting Items:

• Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions

Essential Items:

• Liandry's Anguish
• Demonic Embrace
• Zhonya's Hourglass

Situational Items:

• Rylai's Crystal Scepter
• Spirit Visage
• Morellonomicon

Laning Strategy

• Start E for early pressure or invade potential
• Farm primarily with auto attacks early
• Use E through minion waves to harass enemy ADC
• Coordinate CC chains with support
• Conservative mana usage until first item completion
• Look for Soul Fragment collection opportunities

Always position to maximize ultimate value in teamfights while maintaining safe distance for E setup.

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