Chaaaaaaaarge!!! can be cast at a great range. Try and predict where the enemy team will be by the time you reach them.
The last hit of Violent Tendencies deals more damage than the first three - make sure you hit it!
Kled generates some courage by killing minions, but gets much more from fighting Champions.
While laning, try to use Death's Hand's piercing damage to damage opponents from a safe distance.
Vision of Empire is quite difficult to land on its own, look for skirmishes around the map where enemies may be distracted or crowd controlled so you can land it more easily.
If you're having trouble rooting an enemy with Nevermove, try throwing it at opponents when they are near their minions so the explosion surprises them.
Demonic Ascension may make Swain very hard to kill but he's pretty easy to get away from. Try building items that can slow opponents to keep them in range if their mobility is overwhelming.
The Kled Swain synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Swain, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kled sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Swain. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Swain helps Kled perform poorer in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kled is paired with Swain, he observes a little drop in his total damage output. This change may signal that Swain does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Kled is played together with Swain on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Swain.
Moreover, when Kled plays with Swain on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Swain does a decent job of protecting Kled during teamfights.
There is no perfect companion for Kled that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. Yet, Swain is a decent teammate for Kled. By being on the same team as Kled, he raises their win rate by 2.6% to 53.6%. This proves that there is a potentially meaningful synergy between Kled and Swain that allows them to perform better together than alone.
Swain has a greater difficulty than Kled. That means Kled players should be careful when finding Swain teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Kled players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Combined, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by grouping Kled and Swain together, you will not be giving your side very much cover. We recommend you have other champs on your team that offsets this relative hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Swain ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
To learn all of the intricacies of Kled to work well with Swain during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to get in your Kled and Swain synergy build include Black Cleaver, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Kled used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Swain than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kled boasted an average win rate of 53.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Swain with this build.
To have the best chance of beating your oponents, Kled players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Bone Plating runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kled and Swain pairings, this blending of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.6% winrate overall.
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