r/SwainMains

Okay so this is the peak gameplay as a swain main. Everything aligned so perfectly that I still cant believe it while watching the replay. Hope you enjoy as well.

It is becoming of my favorite items on Swain right now! The healing/tenacity comes in SOOO clutch in team-fights when there is a lot of CC-> follow-up burst dmg which allows you to play a bit more aggressively/bait out A LOT of enemy dmg/spells and still live

It just clutched up 2 game-winning team fights (the 2 games in the sc) due to the proto passive which i am happy to clip and share if anyone would be interested

I’m thinking it could be really strong with zekes/jacksho to amp healing if your team has enough dmg to follow up with

Anyone else really liking this item on Swain rn?

For the record I don't really have a dedicated main as it alternates between Swain, Aurelion, and Fiddlesticks, however Swain was my very FIRST main that got me into this game so he holds a special place in my heart.

I got into playing Swain like WAAAY back in early 2017 (just a year before his vgu) solely for the fact his ult form looked like a Lord of Change from warhammer.
By the by you can see the old model now on the Khada 3d model viewer (finally). The one you see here is the ult form for Tyrant Swain

Don't get me wrong I still like the post-vgu version, he became one of League's best written characters for Runeterra. I still miss the big evil bird form though.

What about the rest of you?

Discovered this masterpiece a bit recently, and now its been playing on repeat in the background

really specific but I tried it and it was really good + giga fun (tbf tho in low elo & giga good swain draft, but I also first timed him xdd)

i played him top but should also work for mid (if not even better cuz those t3 boots are insanly strong especially on swain who can perfectly abuse both parts of the passive)

Stream Link:
https://www.youtube.com/live/GpCG7NHf0Ls?si=bFUWyRUZyZgBYK8G

TIMESTAMPS:
Champ select - 2:10:00
Lane start - 2:11:20
Stunts hook compliment - 2:28:19
Stunt recognizing me a ‘good player’ - 2:32:43

One of the best senna OTP/former pro ‘Stunt’ said on his stream “wow this swain is so good at landing root….. hes landing it on jinx (GM+ ad main) when her range is so much higher”

Hearing that from a player like Stunt made me feel so proud of myself that game since it was higher mmr lobby than usual (i peak low gm last szn) as I’m a fairly newer player from covid so i focus a lot on improving my gameplay and felt so happy being recognized by a player i look up to a lot 🤧

We actually played together a few times last season and won all games straight 2v9ing so i had him on my friends list but didn’t realize it was him on streamer mode

I was 2 wins from GM again after reset and OF COURSE i lane vs. rank 4/40 botlane (elosanta karthus) then few games later got filled mid vs. 3k lp Yasuo OTP and got straight COOKED! But then i got current RANK 1 NA neeko as my support and we stomped tf out in high GM/chall lobby

I appreciate the losses as great learning experiences and actually most proud that i didnt get flamed at all by my high elo teammates <3 (tho i really wish Husum offered private coaching sessions so i could maybe hit my ultimate goal of reaching challenger (end of szn) one day 🙏

What is your personal experiences with the new boots?

Seems like a perfect match in the right conditions although Plated will remain the best into the right team comps i suppose.

Any thoughts?

Made a post about protoplasm and someone commented they’d like to see a clip so here ya go~

I soaked all the teams big CC abilities (rammus taunted, viktor stun/ulted, darius pulled/ulted) which enabled my zed to freely go in and get his dmg off

you can still see i take literally 0 damage when darius ults me and it gave me just enough to get off my R2/Q thanks to the tenacity which procs triumph/passive + sona healing with revitalize all +%10 healing from it

Theres a few more clips that might be better for showing harness potential but this was a game winning fight where our team had just lost a bunch of bad fights with viktor getting massive, and without harness im pretty sure darius wouldve killed me and easily cleaned the rest of my team with his ult stacked

Fighting is the cornerstone of League of Legends, and improving at it is one of the fastest ways to climb. But in my experience this skill is often not talked about, and overshadowed by discussions about macro. But the truth is, it doesn't matter if your strategy is better than the opponent, if they fight better than you, they will most likely win.

The problem is that getting better at this skill is largely just building intuition and muscle memory on your champion. But to help this process, I made a video breaking down my thought process before, and during fights, including assessing threats, wincons, and making a plan for every fight. The idea being that by seeing the thought process of someone in high elo, viewers can slowly start thinking about some of this stuff, and improve your fighting intuition. This video deals specifically with mid-late game teamfights, but I can make more around early skirmishing/laning sequences.etc in the future.

Video Link: https://youtu.be/vRqsUOeWRIA

Would appreciate input on if this style of video is helpful/informative.