Tier list / ADC / Swain

Swain matchups

Tier 2#9 ADC4Full build

You playSwain

Tier 254.1% win · #9 adc

Swain favoured54.7%Swain wins 54.7% of games into Kai'Sa, a little above the 54.1% Swain wins overall.

AgainstKai'Sa

Tier 149.0% win · #3 adc

54.7%45.5%

1,469 gamesSample A 54.4%Sample B 55.5%Sample C 54.5%Gold at 15 −30Sample A, Sample B, Sample C · Emerald+ · 6 Nov

Overall win rate by rank, not this matchup:Swain: Gold 53.0% · Plat 53.3% · Emerald 52.1% · Diamond 54.0%Kai'Sa: Gold 49.5% · Plat 49.8% · Emerald 49.6% · Diamond 48.7%

Lane plan

Be careful of Hail of Blades and Icathian Rain(Q) during early game. Keep in mind that Kai’Sa can dodge Nevermove [E] with Supercharge (E), so try to aim enemy Supporter or when Kai’Sa’s Supercharge (E) is on cooldown.

Lane tip from this patch's games, play even

You complete Malignance at ~10 min; Kai'Sa completes Kraken Slayer at ~11 min. You spike together.
Level 3: Kai'Sa's Void Seeker (W) is 20s, your Vision of Empire (W) is 20s, so you're back together. Level 6: Kai'Sa's ultimate 130s, yours 120s.
Kai'Sa takes Flash + Barrier in 69.0% of games. You take Flash + Ghost (47.5%).

Build into Kai'Sa

Sample B · Emerald+ · 570 games · 6 Nov

Items

Most built at each step, in buy order; small icons are the other picks

Start0:00
Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion
83.9% of games · 57.5% win
- 47.4%
First back
Boots, Amplifying Tome, Lost Chapter
Bought in most games
1st item10 min
Malignance
46.7% of games · 56.8% win
- 59.2%
- 53.7%
2nd item17 min
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
54.7% of games · 56.7% win
- 54.0%
- 63.3%
3rd item24 min
Zhonya's Hourglass
37.5% of games · 57.5% win
- 55.3%
Boots14 min
Plated Steelcaps
40.7% of games · 56.0% win
- 57.7%
- 60.0%
Late28–28 min
Liandry's Torment, Spirit Visage or Zhonya's Hourglass
One of them, for what you're facing

Runes

Most played page, 462 games

Precision

Conquerorpicked in 81.1%
Presence of Mindpicked in 66.7%
Legend: Hastepicked in 81.1%
Last Standpicked in 60.9%

Sorcery

Transcendencepicked in 55.3%
Axiom Arcanistpicked in 43.0%

Shards

Adaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

KeystoneWin rate

Skill order

Most played order, 147 games

Q24579

W38101213

E11415

R611

Max

QWE84.8% pick · 467 games55.9%

Kai'Sa: Q start, max QEW10,802 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Ghost47.5% pick

Kai'Sa: Flash + Barrier, 69.0%77,518 games

Play against Kai'Sa

Cooldowns at levels 1, 3, 6 and 11 on each side's most played skill order, before ability haste

Kai'Sa's abilities

Your opponent · uses mana

P Second SkinPassive
Lv 1Lv 3Lv 6Lv 11
Q Icathian Rain10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6s cooldown · 55 mana · 600 range10s10s8s6s
W Void Seeker20 / 18.5 / 17 / 15.5 / 14s cooldown · 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 mana · 3000 range—20s20s20s
E Supercharge16 / 14.5 / 13 / 11.5 / 10s cooldown · 30 mana—16s16s13s
R Killer Instinct130 / 100 / 70s cooldown · 100 mana · 2000 / 2500 / 3000 range——130s130s

Void Seeker (W) is the long one early: 20s at level 3, so trade once it's down. — means not learned yet at that level.

Swain's abilities

You · uses mana

P Ravenous FlockPassive
Lv 1Lv 3Lv 6Lv 11
Q Death's Hand7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3s cooldown · 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 mana · 750 range—7s5s3s
W Vision of Empire20 / 19 / 18 / 17 / 16s cooldown · 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 mana · 5500 / 6000 / 6500 / 7000 / 7500 range—20s20s18s
E Nevermove12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10s cooldown · 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 mana · 850 range12s12s12s12s
R Demonic Ascension120s cooldown · 100 mana · 650 range——120s120s

Vision of Empire (W) is the long one early: 20s at level 3, so trade once it's down. — means not learned yet at that level.

All 7 adc matchups

Swain's win rate into each one · green beats Swain's average, rose falls short

52.0%54.0%56.0%58.0%60.0%62.0%

Numbers from Sample A (collected 6 Nov), Sample B (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov) and Sample C (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov), ranked Solo/Duo, patch 16.22. Combined win rates weight each sample by its games. Next Queue doesn't collect these games itself.