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.
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.
The Swain Kled synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kled, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kled. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kled helps Swain perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Swain plays on the same team as Kled, he observes a barely noticable drop in his total damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Kled does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Swain is played alongside Kled on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Kled.
Moreover, when Swain plays with Kled on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Kled does a decent job of protecting Swain in teamfights.
There is no top ally for Swain that will always be his ideal synergy. However, Kled is a good companion for Swain. By locking into the same side as Swain, he raises their win rate by 2.3% to 53.6%. This shows that there is a good bond between Swain and Kled that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Kled has a lower difficulty than Swain. That means Swain players don't need to be very careful when finding Kled teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Fighting together, Swain players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by aligning Swain and Kled together, you may not be providing your other teammates enough protection for burst damage. We recommend you include other champions on your team that fills this hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Kled ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Swain to pair well with Kled during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to get in your Swain and Kled synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Swain used at least these three great items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Kled than with many other common item sets. In fact, Swain boasted an average win rate of 53.6% helping carry Kled with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of beating your oponents, you should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for this team composition, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.6% winrate overall.
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