Champion sheet · Support

Swain

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

6.1%#113 of 173 champions

Pick: 3.0%picked in 820 of 27,694 games
Ban: 3.1%689 bans over 22,508 games, against 0.9% in soloQ

Win rate as Support44.1% between 38.8% and 49.5% over 229 gamesSoloQ 48.5%: no clear gap

Median length29.6 minsoloQ 27.5 min

Amateur: 27,970 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 25% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 951,671 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.DraftLength
How to play itElectrocute, then Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 92% of supports.CCDamagePoke
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
0.4%
SoloQ
0.8%
0.4% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.8% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
2.9%
SoloQ
0.9%
2.9% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 0.9% in soloQ over 419,060 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.6 min
SoloQ
27.5 min
Median of 29.6 min in amateur play, against 27.5 min in soloQ.

Not enough games to judge: core.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Electrocute, then Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesElectrocute55% · 8,628

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite56% · 8,737

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 30 games

Core (3 legendaries)13% · 292

13%of soloQ games

Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Zhonya's Hourglass
Liandry's Torment

Amateur: Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment, Zhonya's Hourglass, gap not settled

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Crowd control (CC) first: more CC than 92% of supports.

Crowd control (CC)top9%1.6 · supports: 1
Team damagetop22%14% · supports: 9%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other supports

What marks it

CC
Damage
Poke

Like other supports

Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Map pressure
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills

What it is not

Nothing below supports.

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 77 in lane, 80 in mid game and 92 in late game, out of 100 supports.

385+98 vs 288

544+202 vs 342

684+296 vs 388

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Swainsupports

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 64% of supports against the direct opponent.

supports

5takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; supports: 4.5.

Where it stands among supports · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 77 of 100 among supports385 · median 288
Damage in mid game · rank 80 of 100 among supports544 · median 342
Damage in late game · rank 92 of 100 among supports684 · median 388
Gold at 15 min · rank 64 of 100 among supports+172 · median +105
Gold at 20 min · rank 64 of 100 among supports+286 · median +193
Map pressure · rank 37 of 100 among supports5 · median 4.5
Absorbs damage · rank 66 of 100 among supports566 · median 393
Plays teamfights · rank 73 of 100 among supports56% · median 54%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 66 of 100 among supports20% · median 17%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 48 of 100 among supportsrank 48 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 92 of 100 among supports1.6 · median 1
Team damage · rank 78 of 100 among supports14% · median 9%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.