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Swain matchups

Tier 4#47 Mid11Full build

You playSwain

Tier 451.4% win · #47 mid

Ahri favoured41.6%Swain wins 41.6% of games into Ahri, well below the 51.4% Swain wins overall.

AgainstAhri

Tier 151.0% win · #2 mid

41.6%58.7%

500 gamesSample A 38.0%Sample B 46.8%Sample C 41.9%Gold at 15 +38Sample A, Sample B, Sample C · Emerald+ · 6 Nov

Overall win rate by rank, not this matchup:Swain: Gold 50.9% · Plat 49.9% · Emerald 51.1% · Diamond 53.9%Ahri: Gold 51.2% · Plat 51.2% · Emerald 51.6% · Diamond 50.7%

Lane plan

No lane tip for this matchup yet; the facts on the right still hold.

You complete Blackfire Torch at ~11 min; Ahri completes Malignance at ~11 min. You spike together.
Level 3: Ahri's Charm (E) is 12s, your Vision of Empire (W) is 20s, so Ahri is back first. Level 6: Ahri's ultimate 140s, yours 120s.
Ahri takes Flash + Ignite in 70.5% of games. You take Flash + Teleport (42.4%).

Build into Ahri

Sample B · Emerald+ · 198 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
91.9% of games · 45.6% win
First back
Amplifying Tome, Boots
Bought in most games
1st item11 min
Blackfire Torch
36.9% of games · 50.7% win
- 46.4%
2nd item19 min
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
40.9% of games · 49.4% win
- 48.6%
3rd item26 min
Zhonya's Hourglass
26.3% of games · 53.8% win
Boots13 min
Mercury's Treads
50.5% of games · 48.0% win
- 42.4%

Runes

Most played page, 70 games

Precision

Conquerorpicked in 35.4%
Presence of Mindpicked in 31.8%
Legend: Hastepicked in 34.8%
Last Standpicked in 28.3%

Resolve

Overgrowthpicked in 51.5%
Conditioningpicked in 38.9%

Shards

Ability Haste · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

Skill order

Most played order, 42 games

Q24579

W38101213

E11415

R611

Max

QWE88.1% pick · 170 games47.1%

Ahri: W start, max QWE20,699 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport42.4% pick

Ahri: Flash + Ignite, 70.5%33,665 games

Play against Ahri

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

Ahri's abilities

Your opponent · uses mana

P Essence TheftPassive
Lv 1Lv 3Lv 6Lv 11
Q Orb of Deception7s cooldown · 55 / 65 / 75 / 85 / 95 mana · 970 range—7s7s7s
W Fox-Fire9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5s cooldown · 30 mana · 700 range9s9s9s7s
E Charm12s cooldown · 60 mana · 975 range—12s12s12s
R Spirit Rush140 / 120 / 100s cooldown · 100 mana · 450 range——140s120s

Charm (E) is the long one early: 12s 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 2 mid matchups

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

40.0%42.0%44.0%46.0%48.0%50.0%52.0%54.0%56.0%58.0%60.0%

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.