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Everything for Swain Mid on patch 16.11, pulled from real Emerald+ ranked games — the build path, rune pages, the counters worth banning, the strongest teammates, and Swain's win conditions.
Swain is a battle mage in the mid, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a strong pick — a 53.0% win rate, 0.8% pick rate, 9,349 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Swain is a scaling champion: comparatively weak early, but one of the strongest picks on the map once core items come online — so the plan is to survive the laning phase and take the game over late.
How Swain wins: grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Swain tips the fight. The kit grades 8/10 teamfighting. Swain grades low on disengage and split-push (3/10, 2/10), so don't take fights that turn on those dimensions.
The most-played core build is Blackfire Torch, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, which holds a 55.3% win rate across 409 games this patch. Item order and defensive swaps update against whichever enemy comp you select.
The matchup to respect is Katarina, where Swain sits at just 42.6%, the lane swings the other way into Kha'Zix (58.0%), and on the team side, Swain gains the most from a Zaahen (+10.0% pair win rate).
The build Swain Mid players run most on patch 16.11, shown with its live win rate. Choose the enemy team up top to tailor it to the comp you are facing.
The picks Swain Mid struggles into most this patch, sorted by your in-matchup win rate. These are your priority bans.
Who Swain Mid wants on the team: partners with the biggest positive swing on Swain's win rate this patch.
Best Top partners for Swain
Best Jungle partners for Swain
Best ADC partners for SwainSwain is also played in these other roles this patch.
For full draft-time coaching with all 10 picks, use the Team Builder. To see Swain's tier on this patch, see the Tier List.
