Swain: LoL Arena Champion | ArenaSweats Wiki

This article covers how Swain plays in League of Legends Arena: interactions, bugs and patch changes. Builds and statistics are on Swain's ArenaSweats Pages build.

Overview

Arena changes

I: New Effect: Gains 5 Soul Fragment stacks per round.
I: Health per Soul Fragment changed to 12.
R: Base heal per second changed to 10 to 20 3.
R: Base damage per second changed to 7.5 to 17.5 3.
R: Demonic Power Generated per Second While Draining changed to 25 from 20.
R: Demonic Power Lost per Second changed to 15 from 10.
R: Demonic Power Lost per Second (after 5s) changed to 20 from 15.²

ArenaSweats stats

2026 Season 3 Act 2, all regions

ArenaSweats tierDiamond

Top 3 %: 57.9%
Avg place: 3.20
Pick %: 17.44%
Ban %: 27.15%
Games: 324,406

Most picked augments

Full stats on ArenaSweats PagesFrom ranked Arena games tracked by ArenaSweats, updated 6 Nov 2026.

Tips

Swain can be effective with Chain Lightning in a free-for-all because of his area damage and healing in the late game.³
Kite Swain's ultimate or build Grievous Wounds against him.⁴

Interactions

Swain's E can root an enemy and then pull them.⁵
Heartsteel can apply to ability damage with Ethereal Weapon.⁶
An anvil run may also be affected by the Prismatic Egg augment.⁷
Swain cannot generate demonic fury from allies because they are not losing health.⁸
Radiant Virtue is powerful on Swain.⁹
Titan's Resolve does not stack properly with damage over time; Swain could be especially strong with it if it stacked as expected.¹⁰

Bugs

No verified information yet.

History

Riot patch notes that name Swain, newest first

Patch	Date	Changes
26.16	11 Aug 2026	R - Demonic Ascension Heal Health Ratio: 1.5% ⇒ 1%¹¹
26.14	14 Jul 2026	R Demonic Power Generated per Second While Draining: 20 ⇒ 25 Demonic Power Lost: 10 ⇒ 15 Amped Demonic Power Lost After 5s: 15 ⇒ 20¹²
26.13	23 Jun 2026	R Healing: 15 / 30 / 45 ⇒ 10 / 15 / 20¹³
26.12	9 Jun 2026	Removed from round 2¹⁴
26.11	27 May 2026	R Health per tick: 10 / 15 / 20 ⇒ 7.5 / 15 / 22.5 R Damage per tick: 10 / 15 / 20 ⇒ 7.5 / 12.5 / 17.5¹⁵
25.068x2 duos	18 Mar 2025	Passive - Ravenous Flock: Health Gain per Stack: 15 ⇒ 12 R - Demonic Ascension: Drain Damage per Tick: 15-25 ⇒ 10-20¹⁶

Earlier formats

In patch 14.10, Swain's power during his ultimate and healing were nerfed.¹⁷ 8x2 duos
Swain's Guest of Honor effect granted a prismatic anvil after half the teams were eliminated.¹⁸ 8x2 duos
Swain's Guest of Honor could leave teams behind in augment power if they could not move around the map to collect ravens.¹⁹ 8x2 duos
Swain's Guest of Honor made some champions' game plans change substantially.²⁰ 8x2 duos

Sources

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League WikiCommunityDragon, https://raw.communitydragon.org/latest/plugins/rcp-be-lol-game-data/global/default/v1/champion-summary.json

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Roles (CommunityDragon): mage, support
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League WikiLeague of Legends Wiki, Module:MapChanges/data/ar, revision 4091873

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Arena changes (wiki): I: New Effect: Gains 5 Soul Fragment stacks per round. I: Health per Soul Fragment changed to 12. R: Base heal per second changed to 10 to 20 3. R: Base damage per second changed to 7.5 to 17.5 3. R: Demonic Power Generated per Second While Draining changed to 25 from 20. R: De
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RiotRiot patch notes: League of Legends Patch 26.16 Notes > Arena > CHAMPIONS

Posted 11 Aug 2026

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Swain R - Demonic Ascension Heal Health Ratio: 1.5% ⇒ 1%
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RiotRiot patch notes: League of Legends Patch 26.14 Notes > Arena > Champions

Posted 14 Jul 2026

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Swain R Demonic Power Generated per Second While Draining: 20 ⇒ 25 Demonic Power Lost: 10 ⇒ 15 Amped Demonic Power Lost After 5s: 15 ⇒ 20
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RiotRiot patch notes: League of Legends Patch 26.13 Notes > Arena > Champions

Posted 23 Jun 2026

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Swain R Healing: 15 / 30 / 45 ⇒ 10 / 15 / 20
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RiotRiot patch notes: League of Legends Patch 26.12 Notes > Arena > Map and System Changes

Posted 9 Jun 2026

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Swain Removed from round 2
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RiotRiot patch notes: League of Legends Patch 26.11 Notes > Arena > Champions

Posted 27 May 2026

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Swain R Health per tick: 10 / 15 / 20 ⇒ 7.5 / 15 / 22.5 R Damage per tick: 10 / 15 / 20 ⇒ 7.5 / 12.5 / 17.5
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RiotRiot patch notes: Patch 25.06 Notes > Arena > Champions

Posted 18 Mar 20258x2 duos

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Swain Passive - Ravenous Flock: Health Gain per Stack: 15 ⇒ 12 R - Demonic Ascension: Drain Damage per Tick: 15-25 ⇒ 10-20
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RiotRiot patch notes: Patch 14.10 Notes > Arena > Champions

Posted 14 May 20248x2 duos

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For champion balance, we're helping out some of the worst performing champions in Arena like Aurelion Sol, while nerfing some of the best like Illaoi and Brand. Our buffs are mainly focused on helping these champions function in a way that feels better in the mode without significant increases in da
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