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.
If at low health, you can take advantage of Demon Shade's healing and Camouflage to return to the fight and surprise opponents.
While stealthed, pay attention to when you are (near) being detected by enemy champions. This is identified by the glowing yellow and red eyes over nearby enemy champions.
Allure's arm time might seem long, but the Charm and magic resist shred put Evelynn at an exteme advantage so are worth the wait.
The Swain Evelynn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Evelynn, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Swain sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Evelynn. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Evelynn helps Swain perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Swain is paired with Evelynn, he gets a little decrease in his total damage dealt. This difference may demonstrate that Evelynn does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Swain is played together with Evelynn on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Evelynn.
Additionally, when Swain plays with Evelynn on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Evelynn does a poor job of covering Swain in teamfights.
There is no top companion for Swain that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. Yet, Evelynn is a relatively poor teammate for Swain. By being on the same side as Swain, she decreases their win rate by -2.1% to 49.2%. This demonstrates that there is a negative synergy between Swain and Evelynn that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Evelynn has a greater difficulty than Swain. That means you need to be cautious when enlisting Evelynn comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to work well with you.
When playing alongside, Swain players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Together, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by grouping Swain and Evelynn together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates a great deal of AD. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that offsets this gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Evelynn ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
To truly master Swain to pair well with Evelynn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to focus on in your Swain and Evelynn synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Swain incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Evelynn than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Swain boasted an average win rate of 49.2% when playing alongside Evelynn with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, you should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.2% win rate overall.
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