Heartsteel Swain Build
Heartsteel Swain build with runes and items. Heartsteel Swain guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Heartsteel Swain build in League of Legends Patch 14.20!
Updated: 2024-05-16 ()
TLDR
Starting items
Quick Skill Order
Q
W
E
Final items
Quick Runes
Summoner spells
Heartsteel Swain Runes
Resolve
Precision
Passive
How to play
Heartsteel Build specific
- You rush Heartsteel.
- After Heartsteel, you can rush Titanic Hydra (more fun, damage and some survi) AND/OR Sundered Sky or just go full tank - depending on if you are behind and if your team needs more damage.
- Sundered Sky is very good damage item for this build. It scales off your HP (so Grasp, Heartsteel, Overgrowth). It gives damage and pretty good sustain in fights. Remember to switch targets to maximize the effect!
- This is auto attack oriented Swain build, so do it! Especially if running with Titanic Hydra and Sundered Sky as well.
- Guardian's Horn is a surprisingly good item for its price. You can keep it for a very long time (or even have it as 6th item).
- Triumph is better (heal + gold), but if you want to have easier time with your mana, go Presence of the Mind.
- You need to adapt your items to the game. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.
- Remember to consume your Heartsteel procs!
- Remember to consume your Grasp of the Undying procs!
Tips and Tricks
General
- You can use Vision of Empire (W) to stop enemies taking portal (frost-gate). Time it well, and they will need to walk, and you will get the turret!
- Vision of Empire (W) trick works even better with all DoTs effects (Liandry's Anguish and Demonic Embrace).
- Enemies in your base? Use Demonic Ascension (R) before taking portal (frost-gate), this way you damage everyone on your way.
- Did you just catch someone with your Nevermove (E)? Do not use second E right away, but use it at the very last moment for maximum CC.
- After you catch someone with yout Nevermove (E), you can set up Vision of Empire (W) for a certain hit.
Riot
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Skill Order
- Death's HandQ
- Vision of EmpireW
- NevermoveE
- Demonic AscensionR
Items
Starting items
Starting items vs poke
Boots
Rush this
Dmg items
Good tank items
Good MR items
Good Armor items
Situational items
For the last fight
Example final build