Champion sheet · ADC

Swain

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

6.1%#114 of 173 champions

Pick: 3.0%picked in 824 of 27,189 games
Ban: 3.1%698 bans over 22,315 games, against 0.9% in soloQ

Win rate as ADC51.6% between 45.1% and 58.0% over 161 gamesSoloQ 52.0%: no clear gap

Median length29.6 minsoloQ 27.5 min

Amateur: 27,223 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 66% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 856,529 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 ADC.DraftLength
How to play itConqueror, then Malignance, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 100% of ADC.FrontlineLets allies carryCC
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as ADC.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
0.3%
SoloQ
0.7%
0.3% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.7% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
3.0%
SoloQ
0.9%
3.0% ban rate in amateur play over 13,367 games, against 0.9% in soloQ over 323,918 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.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Conqueror, then Malignance, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesConqueror77% · 10,455

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ghost49% · 6,594

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 74 games

Core (3 legendaries)21% · 1,282

21%of soloQ games

Malignance
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Zhonya's Hourglass

Same in amateur play

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 100% of ADC.

Crowd control (CC)top1%1.6 · ADC: 0.6
Absorbs damagetop4%637 · ADC: 361
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 ADC

What marks it

Frontline
Lets allies carry
CC

Like other ADC

Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Team damage

What it is not

No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 79 in lane, 79 in mid game and 80 in late game, out of 100 ADC.

575+50 vs 525

1,037+121 vs 915

1,493+127 vs 1,366

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

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Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 70% of ADC against the direct opponent.

ADC

Where it stands among ADC · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 79 of 100 among ADC575 · median 525
Damage in mid game · rank 79 of 100 among ADC1,037 · median 915
Damage in late game · rank 80 of 100 among ADC1,493 · median 1,366
Gold at 15 min · rank 33 of 100 among ADC-135 · median -54
Gold at 20 min · rank 30 of 100 among ADC-289 · median -85
Absorbs damage · rank 96 of 100 among ADC637 · median 361
Plays teamfights · rank 62 of 100 among ADC57% · median 56%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 53 of 100 among ADC19% · median 19%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 82 of 100 among ADCrank 82 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 100 of 100 among ADC1.6 · median 0.6
Team damage · rank 38 of 100 among ADC21% · median 23%

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.