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Swain
Swain

AP Sustain Tank

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Intro

Spirit VisageSpirit Visage400 Health50 Magic Resist10 Ability Haste100% Base Health Regen2700 goldUnique – Boundless Vitality: Increases all healing and shielding received as well as  health regeneration by 25%. rush since it's OP on Mayhem. Into full Tank Sustain AP build.

Summoner spells

GhostGhostGain Move Speed and ignore unit collision for the duration.FlashFlashTeleports you a short distance toward your cursor.

Skill order

QDeath's HandQDeath's HandSwain unleashes several bolts of eldritch power that pierce through enemies. Enemies hit take more damage for each bolt they are struck by.WVision of EmpireWVision of EmpireSwain opens a demon eye that deals damage and slows enemies. Champions hit are revealed and also grant Swain a Soul Fragment.ENevermoveENevermoveSwain launches a wave of demonic power forward. It then returns to Swain and roots enemies it hits. Swain can then choose to pull all rooted champions closer. This ability has a shorter cooldown during Demonic Ascension.

Start

Guardian's OrbGuardian's Orb50 Ability Power150 Health950 goldUnique – Recovery: Gain 10 bonus mana regeneration. Manaless champions gain 15 bonus health regeneration instead.League WikiBootsBoots25 Move Speed300 goldRefillable PotionRefillable Potion150 goldActive (2 charges) Restores 100 Health over 12 seconds. Refills upon visiting the shop.

Boots

Plated SteelcapsPlated Steelcaps25 Armor45 Move Speed1200 goldUnique – Plating: Reduces all incoming basic damage by 10% (excluding from turret attacks).League WikiMercury's TreadsMercury's Treads20 Magic Resist45 Move Speed30% Tenacity1250 goldGluttonous GreavesGluttonous Greaves45 Move Speed4% Omnivamp1000 goldUnique – Slay: Scoring a takedown against an enemy champion grants you 0.6% omnivamp, stacking up to 10 times for a total of 6%.League Wiki

Core

Spirit VisageSpirit Visage400 Health50 Magic Resist10 Ability Haste100% Base Health Regen2700 goldUnique – Boundless Vitality: Increases all healing and shielding received as well as  health regeneration by 25%.League WikiUnending DespairUnending Despair400 Health50 Armor15 Ability Haste2800 goldUnique – Anguish: Every 4 seconds after entering combat with champions, sap all enemy champions around you within 650 units to deal magic damage equal to 3% of your bonus health to them and heal yourself equal to 250% of the post-mitigation damage dealt.League WikiRiftmakerRiftmaker70 Ability Power350 Health15 Ability Haste3100 goldUnique – Void Corruption: For each second in combat with champions, deal 2% increased damage, stacking up to 4 times for a total of 8% increased damage. At maximum stacks, gain ( 10% / 6%) omnivamp. Unique – Void Infusion: Gain ability power equal to 2% bonus health.League WikiZhonya's HourglassZhonya's Hourglass105 Ability Power50 Armor3250 goldUnique – Time Stop: Put yourself in stasis for 2.5 seconds, rendering you untargetable and invulnerable for the duration but also unable to move, declare basic attacks, cast abilities, use summoner spells, or activate items.League WikiJak'Sho, The ProteanJak'Sho, The Protean350 Health45 Armor45 Magic Resist3200 goldUnique – Voidborn Resilience: Gain a stack for each second in combat with enemy champions, stacking up to 5 times. At maximum stacks, increase your bonus armor and bonus magic resistance by 30% until the end of combat.League WikiBloodletter's CurseBloodletter's Curse65 Ability Power400 Health15 Ability Haste2900 goldUnique – Vile Decay: Dealing magic damage to an enemy champion with a champion ability applies a stack of Vile Decay to them for 6 seconds, stacking up to 4 times and up to once per basic attack or ability per cast instance every 0.3 seconds. Each stack inflicts 7.5% magic resistance reduction, up to 30% at 4 stacks.League Wiki

Options

Liandry's TormentLiandry's Torment60 Ability Power300 Health3000 goldUnique – Torment: Dealing ability damage burns enemies, causing them to take「 1% of the target's maximum health magic damage every 0.5 seconds over 3 seconds, capped at 20 per tick against monsters. 」「 6% of the target's maximum health total magic damage over 3 seconds, capped at 120 against monsters. 」 Unique – Suffering: For each second in combat with enemy champions, deal 2% increased damage, stacking up to 3 times for a total of 6%.League WikiThornmailThornmail150 Health75 Armor2450 goldUnique – Thorns: When struck by a basic attack on-hit, deal 20 (+ 10% bonus armor) magic damage to the attacker and, if they are a champion, inflict them with Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.League WikiKnight's VowKnight's Vow200 Health40 Armor10 Ability Haste100% Base Health Regen2300 goldUnique – Pledge: Designate the target allied champion as being Worthy, forming a tether between you and them. Champions can only be designated as Worthy by one Knight's Vow at a time. You cannot be designated as Worthy by an ally's Knight's Vow once you've formed a tether. Unique – Sacrifice: While your Worthy ally is tethered to you and you are above 30% of your maximum health, redirect 14% of the pre-mitigation physical and magic damage they take to you as the respective damage type. Additionally, you heal for 12% of the post-mitigation damage dealt by your Worthy ally to champions.League WikiIce ColdRylai's Crystal ScepterRylai's Crystal Scepter65 Ability Power400 Health2600 goldUnique – Rimefrost: Dealing ability damage slows affected units by 30% for 1 second.Build withIce ColdLeague WikiForce of NatureForce of Nature400 Health55 Magic Resist4% Move Speed2800 goldUnique – Steadfast: Taking magic damage from champions generates a stack of Steadfast for 7 seconds, stacking up to 8 times with the duration refreshing on subsequent magic damage from them and whenever dealing damage to them. Becoming immobilized by an enemy champion generates 2 stacks and also refreshes the duration. Once per cast instance, each incoming basic attack, ability, or item effect can only generate 1 stack of Steadfast from their damage every 1 second. At maximum stacks, gain 70 bonus magic resistance and 6% bonus movement speed.League WikiJeweled GauntletRite of RuinRite of Ruin55 Ability Power10 Ability Haste25% Critical Strike Chance4% Move Speed3000 goldUnique – Wrath and Ruin: Casting an ability grants  2.5% critical strike chance for 6 seconds, stacking up to 8 times for a maximum of  20%. Unique – Salvage the Wreckage: Casting an ability has a 0% – 100% (based on critical strike chance) chance to grant you or your ally a shield for 3 seconds that absorbs 70 – 210 (based on level) (+ 25% bonus AD) (+ 15% AP) damage.Build withJeweled GauntletLeague WikiRanduin's OmenRanduin's Omen350 Health75 Armor2700 goldUnique – Humility: Unleash a shockwave around you that slows nearby enemies by 70% for 2 seconds. Unique – Resilience: Reduces incoming damage from critical strikes by 30%.League WikiSteel Your HeartHeartsteelHeartsteel900 Health100% Base Health Regen3000 goldUnique – Colossal Consumption: While within 700 units of an enemy champion, generate a stack on them each second, stacking up to 3 times. Your next basic attack against a target with 3 stacks is empowered to consume them all to deal 70 (+ 6% maximum health) bonus physical damage on-hit and grant you permanent bonus health equal to「 10% of that amount 」「 7 (+ 0.6% maximum health) 」 (30 second cooldown per target). Unique – Goliath: Gain 0% – 30% (based on maximum health) increased size.Build withSteel Your HeartLeague WikiMalignanceMalignance90 Ability Power600 Mana15 Ability Haste2700 goldUnique – Scorn: Gain 20 ultimate haste. Unique – Hatefog: Dealing non- proc damage or pet damage to enemy champions with your ultimate ability creates a 251 – 550 (based on ultimate's damage instance) radius scorched zone beneath them for 3 seconds, applying a Curse to enemies within that deals 「 15 (+ 1.25% AP) magic damage every 0.25 seconds 」「 180 (+ 15% AP) total magic damage over the duration 」 and reduces their magic resistance by 10 (3 second cooldown per target, starts on zone creation).League Wiki

Augments

Stackosaurus RexStackosaurus RexSilverIncrease the number of permanent stacks you gain from abilities by 100%.Rylai's Crystal ScepterIce ColdIce Cold — PrioritySilverYour slowing effects reduce the movement speed of targets by an additional 75.Build withRylai's Crystal ScepterUpgrade Zhonya'sUpgrade Zhonya's — PrioritySilverUpgrades Seeker's Armguard, Wooglet's Witchcap, and Zhonya's Hourglass, empowering Stasis to allow you to move during its active effect, during which time you also gain 50% bonus movement speed. Additionally, the cooldown of Zhonya's Hourglass' Stasis is reduced to 45 seconds.Slap AroundSlap Around — PrioritySilverImmobilizing or grounding an enemy champion grants you 6 bonus Attack Damage or 10 Ability Power (Adaptive), stacking infinitely (5 second cooldown per cast instance). Lose 50% of stacks on death.GoredrinkGoredrinkSilverGain 15% omnivamp.Ocean SoulOcean SoulSilverGrants the Ocean Dragon Soul, which has a modified base heal value of 100, or a different Dragon Soul if you aleady have it.
Tank EngineTank Engine — PriorityGoldScoring a champion takedown generates a stack, stacking infinitely. For each stack, increase your maximum health and size by 5%. Lose 65% of stacks on death.Phenomenal EvilPhenomenal Evil — PriorityGoldGain Veigar's Phenomenal Evil Power. PHENOMENAL EVIL POWER: Generate a permanent stack of Phenomenal Evil each time you damage an enemy champion with ability damage. This effect cannot trigger more than once every second globally and once every 3 seconds from the same cast instance. For each stack, gain 1 ability power. If this is not your first augment, start with 40 Phenomenal Evil stacks, granting you 40 ability power.Warlock JuiceboxWarlock Juicebox — PriorityGoldGain 10% (+ 3% per 100 AP) omnivamp.Ravenous BindRavenous Bind — PriorityGoldUpgrades one of your champion's abilities that has a immobilizing or grounding effect, empowering the ability to deal 15 – 90 (based on level) (+ 10% AP) (+ 0.5% of your maximum health) magic damage to affected targets and heal you for 50 – 200 (based on level) (+ 5% AP) (+ 10% bonus health). The heal is increased by up to 50% based on how long the ability's cooldown is.HeartsteelSteel Your HeartSteel Your HeartGoldQUEST: Possess Heartsteel with 300+ stacks. REWARD: Multiply your Heartsteel stacks by 3.Build withHeartsteel
Infernal ConduitInfernal ConduitPrismaticYour ability hits against champions apply a Burn for 3 seconds that deals「 2 – 20 (based on level) (+ 4.6% bonus AD) (+ 2% AP) bonus magic damage per second 」(1 second cooldown per cast instance). This Burn stacks infinitely and refreshes with each application. Additionally, all of your Burn effects reduce the cooldowns of all your basic abilities by 0.08 seconds for each tick of damage they deal to a target.GoliathGoliath — PriorityPrismaticGrants 35% bonus health, 15% adaptive force, and 50% increased size.Final FormFinal Form — PriorityPrismaticCasting your ultimate ability empowers you for 10 seconds, causing you to gain a shield for 50% of your maximum health, 20% omnivamp, and 30% bonus movement speed for the duration (20 second cooldown).Rite of RuinJeweled GauntletJeweled GauntletPrismaticYour abilities can now critically strike for (145% + bonus critical damage) damage. Additionally, gain 25% (+ 4.5% per 100 AP) critical strike chance. If both Jeweled Gauntlet and Vulnerability are equipped, only rolls the critical strike chance of the augment that has the higher critical damage (or either if equal).Build withRite of RuinInfinite RecursionInfinite RecursionPrismaticGain 60 ability haste, increased by 3 each time you score a champion takedown.DropkickDropkickPrismaticYour basic attacks and abilities execute enemy champions below 4% (+ 5.5% per 100 base AD) (+ 1% per 1000 bonus health) of their maximum health, which causes their corpse to be sent flying away in a line. Upon collision with an enemy champion or terrain, the target's corpse explodes to deal 150 – 500 (based on level) (+ 100% bonus armor) (+ 100% bonus magic resistance) magic damage to nearby enemies. Successful executions heal you for 100 – 300 (based on level) (+ 25% bonus health). The execution may also be triggered by the explosion and ignores shields.Ominous PactOminous PactPrismaticYour abilities now have a health cost of 5% current health to cast them. In return, you gain ability power based on your missing health, up to 75 – 150 (based on level) at 70% missing health, 0% – 50% (based on missing health) bonus movement speed, and 0% – 20% (based on missing health) omnivamp.
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Spirit VisageSpirit Visage400 Health50 Magic Resist10 Ability Haste100% Base Health Regen2700 goldUnique – Boundless Vitality: Increases all healing and shielding received as well as  health regeneration by 25%. is too op not to rush on swain, from all his self healing and the on-map healing of Aram Mayhem. But skip it if they don't do much magic damage. Rylai'sRylai's Crystal Scepter65 Ability Power400 Health2600 goldUnique – Rimefrost: Dealing ability damage slows affected units by 30% for 1 second. is great to stick to people, but usually can be skipped, there's enough fighting in Aram Mayhem to not need it. But get it for sure if you get Ice ColdIce ColdSilverYour slowing effects reduce the movement speed of targets by an additional 75. Augment. Liandry'sLiandry's Torment60 Ability Power300 Health3000 goldUnique – Torment: Dealing ability damage burns enemies, causing them to take「 1% of the target's maximum health magic damage every 0.5 seconds over 3 seconds, capped at 20 per tick against monsters. 」「 6% of the target's maximum health total magic damage over 3 seconds, capped at 120 against monsters. 」 Unique – Suffering: For each second in combat with enemy champions, deal 2% increased damage, stacking up to 3 times for a total of 6%. is great vs tanks. BloodlettersBloodletter's Curse65 Ability Power400 Health15 Ability Haste2900 goldUnique – Vile Decay: Dealing magic damage to an enemy champion with a champion ability applies a stack of Vile Decay to them for 6 seconds, stacking up to 4 times and up to once per basic attack or ability per cast instance every 0.3 seconds. Each stack inflicts 7.5% magic resistance reduction, up to 30% at 4 stacks. is great vs tanks if you have other magic damage dealers on your team. Knight's vowKnight's Vow200 Health40 Armor10 Ability Haste100% Base Health Regen2300 goldUnique – Pledge: Designate the target allied champion as being Worthy, forming a tether between you and them. Champions can only be designated as Worthy by one Knight's Vow at a time. You cannot be designated as Worthy by an ally's Knight's Vow once you've formed a tether. Unique – Sacrifice: While your Worthy ally is tethered to you and you are above 30% of your maximum health, redirect 14% of the pre-mitigation physical and magic damage they take to you as the respective damage type. Additionally, you heal for 12% of the post-mitigation damage dealt by your Worthy ally to champions. can replace unending despairUnending Despair400 Health50 Armor15 Ability Haste2800 goldUnique – Anguish: Every 4 seconds after entering combat with champions, sap all enemy champions around you within 650 units to deal magic damage equal to 3% of your bonus health to them and heal yourself equal to 250% of the post-mitigation damage dealt. if you have a fed carry. Replace Randuin'sRanduin's Omen350 Health75 Armor2700 goldUnique – Humility: Unleash a shockwave around you that slows nearby enemies by 70% for 2 seconds. Unique – Resilience: Reduces incoming damage from critical strikes by 30%. with Force of NatureForce of Nature400 Health55 Magic Resist4% Move Speed2800 goldUnique – Steadfast: Taking magic damage from champions generates a stack of Steadfast for 7 seconds, stacking up to 8 times with the duration refreshing on subsequent magic damage from them and whenever dealing damage to them. Becoming immobilized by an enemy champion generates 2 stacks and also refreshes the duration. Once per cast instance, each incoming basic attack, ability, or item effect can only generate 1 stack of Steadfast from their damage every 1 second. At maximum stacks, gain 70 bonus magic resistance and 6% bonus movement speed. if you're vs 4 or 5 ap characters. Build Rite of RuinRite of Ruin55 Ability Power10 Ability Haste25% Critical Strike Chance4% Move Speed3000 goldUnique – Wrath and Ruin: Casting an ability grants  2.5% critical strike chance for 6 seconds, stacking up to 8 times for a maximum of  20%. Unique – Salvage the Wreckage: Casting an ability has a 0% – 100% (based on critical strike chance) chance to grant you or your ally a shield for 3 seconds that absorbs 70 – 210 (based on level) (+ 25% bonus AD) (+ 15% AP) damage. if you get Jeweled GauntletJeweled GauntletPrismaticYour abilities can now critically strike for (145% + bonus critical damage) damage. Additionally, gain 25% (+ 4.5% per 100 AP) critical strike chance. If both Jeweled Gauntlet and Vulnerability are equipped, only rolls the critical strike chance of the augment that has the higher critical damage (or either if equal).. The AP, mvspd, and shields are all amazing for Swain. Build HeartsteelHeartsteel900 Health100% Base Health Regen3000 goldUnique – Colossal Consumption: While within 700 units of an enemy champion, generate a stack on them each second, stacking up to 3 times. Your next basic attack against a target with 3 stacks is empowered to consume them all to deal 70 (+ 6% maximum health) bonus physical damage on-hit and grant you permanent bonus health equal to「 10% of that amount 」「 7 (+ 0.6% maximum health) 」 (30 second cooldown per target). Unique – Goliath: Gain 0% – 30% (based on maximum health) increased size. if you get Steel Your HeartSteel Your HeartGoldQUEST: Possess Heartsteel with 300+ stacks. REWARD: Multiply your Heartsteel stacks by 3. early enough. MalignanceMalignance90 Ability Power600 Mana15 Ability Haste2700 goldUnique – Scorn: Gain 20 ultimate haste. Unique – Hatefog: Dealing non- proc damage or pet damage to enemy champions with your ultimate ability creates a 251 – 550 (based on ultimate's damage instance) radius scorched zone beneath them for 3 seconds, applying a Curse to enemies within that deals 「 15 (+ 1.25% AP) magic damage every 0.25 seconds 」「 180 (+ 15% AP) total magic damage over the duration 」 and reduces their magic resistance by 10 (3 second cooldown per target, starts on zone creation). if you have a big cooldown augment and need the mana.

LemonNation
LemonNation

Updated build massively!

Anonymous

swain has huge problem with ult uptime prior to level 16 and i recommend malignance start because of it

Anonymous

Thoughts on RoA rush?

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