Swain
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR- Pick
- 2.9%picked in 517 of 18,051 games
- Ban
- 2.8%479 bans over 17,105 games, against 0.5% in soloQ
Amateur: 18,068 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 304,693 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 tournaments2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLength
- How to play itConqueror, then Blackfire Torch, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
- In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 96% of mid laners.TeamfightLets allies carryCC
- 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.
What changes in tournaments?
2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.
- DraftBanned more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 2.4%
- SoloQ
- 0.5%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 28.6 min
- SoloQ
- 25.9 min
How to play it?
Conqueror, then Blackfire Torch, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesConqueror35% · 834
SpellsFlash + Ghost48% · 1,137
SkillsQnot collected in soloQ- Blackfire Torch
- Rylai's Crystal Scepter
- Zhonya's Hourglass
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Crowd control (CC) first: more CC than 96% of mid laners.
- Crowd control (CC)top4%1.5 · mid laners: 0.7
- Plays teamfightstop6%61% · mid laners: 55%
- Lets allies carry killstop18%rank 82 of 100
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners
What marks it
- Teamfight
- Lets allies carry
- CC
Like other mid laners
- Damage in lane
- Damage in late game
- Gold at 15 min
- Gold at 20 min
- Map pressure
- Absorbs damage
- Team damage
What it is not
- Few duels
- No poke
- No split-push
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Rank 71 in lane, 76 in mid game and 74 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, behind 53% of mid laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among mid laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Damage in lane · rank 71 of 100 among mid laners569 · median 528
- Damage in mid game · rank 76 of 100 among mid laners965 · median 899
- Damage in late game · rank 74 of 100 among mid laners1,326 · median 1,179
- Gold at 15 min · rank 49 of 100 among mid laners+1 · median +25
- Gold at 20 min · rank 47 of 100 among mid laners+12 · median +71
- Map pressure · rank 62 of 100 among mid laners3.4 · median 3.2
- Absorbs damage · rank 74 of 100 among mid laners783 · median 489
- Plays teamfights · rank 94 of 100 among mid laners61% · median 55%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 8 of 100 among mid laners16% · median 23%
- Lets allies carry kills · rank 82 of 100 among mid lanersrank 82 of 100
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 96 of 100 among mid laners1.5 · median 0.7
- Team damage · rank 59 of 100 among mid laners23% · median 21%
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.
Against
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
Matchups and allies
One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.
- K'Sante10 games—SoloQ: 52.1% · 96 g
- Sion10 games—SoloQ: 34.4% · 32 g
- Aatrox9 games—SoloQ: 53.1% · 81 g
- Malphite8 games—SoloQ: 42.4% · 59 g
- Gwen7 games—SoloQ: — · 27 g
- Mordekaiser7 games—SoloQ: 61.5% · 39 g
- Zaahen7 games—SoloQ: 47.5% · 40 g
- Poppy5 games—SoloQ: — · 21 g
- Renekton5 games—SoloQ: 52.3% · 65 g
- Shen5 games—SoloQ: — · 21 g
- Lee Sin16 games—SoloQ: 50.7% · 272 g
- Wukong16 games—SoloQ: 32.1% · 53 g
- Jarvan IV11 games—SoloQ: 61.5% · 78 g
- Vi10 games—SoloQ: 57.6% · 66 g
- Sylas7 games—SoloQ: 57.9% · 76 g
- Lillia6 games—SoloQ: 47.2% · 53 g
- Jayce5 games—SoloQ: 37.7% · 53 g
- Naafiri5 games—SoloQ: 58.6% · 58 g
- Xin Zhao5 games—SoloQ: 65.2% · 46 g
- Galio10 games—SoloQ: 64.3% · 126 g
- Ahri9 games—SoloQ: 48.8% · 82 g
- Sylas8 games—SoloQ: 60.8% · 166 g
- Viktor8 games—SoloQ: 54.7% · 117 g
- Akali6 games—SoloQ: 57.1% · 77 g
- Ryze6 games—SoloQ: 57.1% · 42 g
- Yone6 games—SoloQ: 56.4% · 101 g
- Lissandra5 games—SoloQ: 54.9% · 82 g
- Locke5 games—SoloQ: 53.1% · 64 g
- Orianna5 games—SoloQ: 46.6% · 58 g
- Yunara19 games—SoloQ: 45.7% · 186 g
- Caitlyn17 games—SoloQ: 48.7% · 113 g
- Kai'Sa14 games—SoloQ: 54.4% · 281 g
- Ashe13 games—SoloQ: 59.5% · 37 g
- Xayah13 games—SoloQ: 56.5% · 85 g
- Jinx10 games—SoloQ: 54.5% · 154 g
- Aphelios7 games—SoloQ: 49.4% · 180 g
- Ezreal7 games—SoloQ: 54.4% · 169 g
- Miss Fortune7 games—SoloQ: 49.1% · 57 g
- Jhin6 games—SoloQ: 57.9% · 271 g
- Lucian6 games—SoloQ: 46.9% · 96 g
- Tristana6 games—SoloQ: 56.7% · 134 g
- Nautilus17 games—SoloQ: 48.5% · 198 g
- Lulu13 games—SoloQ: 47.3% · 169 g
- Rakan13 games—SoloQ: 48.6% · 72 g
- Leona12 games—SoloQ: 48.5% · 101 g
- Thresh11 games—SoloQ: 49.2% · 195 g
- Alistar9 games—SoloQ: 55.1% · 138 g
- Seraphine8 games—SoloQ: 35.0% · 40 g
- Milio7 games—SoloQ: 45.3% · 53 g
- Rell7 games—SoloQ: 52.9% · 102 g
- Yuumi7 games—SoloQ: 51.4% · 74 g
- Braum6 games—SoloQ: 50.7% · 67 g
- Karma5 games—SoloQ: 46.2% · 91 g
Ban it or pick it?
Fallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.
Pick rate as Mid
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+0.4%2,134 picks of 609,385ban 0.5% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments0.4%79 picks of 21,472ban 2.4% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.1%3 picks of 2,204bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
5.1% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as Mid- 0.6%G124 games of 4,078
- 0.7%G230 games of 4,080
- 0.8%G3+14 games of 1,754
Not enough series yet: published from 30.