Imperial Mandate Swain Build

Imperial Mandate Swain Build.

Imperial Mandate Swain build with runes and items. Imperial Mandate Swain guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Imperial Mandate Swain build in League of Legends Patch 26.4!

Author: Wrekah

TLDR

Starting items
Giant's Belt should be final item in your build.
Tear of the Goddess should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Swain ability Vision of Empire should be leveled first.
W
Swain ability Death's Hand should be leveled second.
Q
Swain ability Nevermove should be leveled third.
E
Final items
Ionian Boots of Lucidity should be final item in your build.
Imperial Mandate should be final item in your build.
Kaenic Rookern should be final item in your build.
Morellonomicon should be final item in your build.
Spirit Visage should be final item in your build.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Glacial Augment from Inspiration tree.
Minor rune Resolve.
Summoner spells
Pick Exhaust as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Imperial Mandate Swain Runes

Inspiration
Inspiration major tree Glacial Augment rune.
Inspiration major tree Unsealed Spellbook rune.
Inspiration major tree First Strike rune.
Inspiration major tree Hextech Flashtraption rune.
Inspiration major tree Magical Footwear rune.
Inspiration major tree Cash Back rune.
Inspiration major tree Triple Tonic rune.
Inspiration major tree Time Warp Tonic rune.
Inspiration major tree Biscuit Delivery rune.
Inspiration major tree Cosmic Insight rune.
Inspiration major tree Approach Velocity rune.
Inspiration major tree Jack Of All Trades rune.
Resolve
Resolve minor tree Demolish rune.
Resolve minor tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve minor tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve minor tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve minor tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve minor tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve minor tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve minor tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve minor tree Unflinching rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

Optional Summoner Spells

Heal

Heal

OK option if you want to play more support-ish as it provides extra healing.

Ignite

Ignite

Offensive option. Improves your damage.

Ghost

Ghost

Mobility option. Helps you position better to apply slows. Good for kiting or chasing. And running away.

Looking for another support build? Check this:
SupportSwain

How it works

  1. This build is all about Imperial Mandate and slowing your enemies.
  2. You support your team through disrupting fights, slowing enemies, providing healing/buffs, and soaking damage.

Playstyle

  1. ❄️

    Disrupt fights with slows and CC.

  2. 🎯

    Proc Imperial Mandate and support your allies.

  3. 🧰

    Adapt to the game and get items to counter enemy team.

How to play

Imperial Mandate Swain

Stacking

  1. Even when playing off-meta builds, it's extremely important to collect Soul Fragments to permanently increase your maximum Health, it is gonna benefit you in the long run.
  1. You rush Rylai's Crystal Scepter first, then Imperial Mandate second.
  2. Your CC triggers Glacial Augment that slows AOE. All Slows trigger Font of Life AND Imperial Mandate, healing and buffing your allies.

How Imperial Mandate works

  1. Imperial Mandate requires your TEAM to proc it for damage. Try coordinating it with your allies - mark targets when they're about to get poked or when your team goes in.

Buffing your team

  1. Font of Life heal triggers various support items like Ardent Censer, Staff of Flowing Water or even Moonstone Renewer!
  2. If your team needs sustain, you can even get Diadem of Songs.
  3. If your team has auto attackers, get Ardent Censer. Your Font of Life will buff them constantly.
  4. Bandlepipes is excellent - gives MS and buffs allies' attack speed when you CC/slow enemies.
  5. Staff of Flowing Water is good item if you have lots of AP scaling champions on the team.

Adaptation

  1. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR items like Kaenic Rookern or Spirit Visage.
  2. Enemy team heavy on AD? Buy Armor items like Thornmail or Randuin's Omen.
  3. Your team lacks damage? You can buy damage items - Liandry's Torment or Blackfire Torch work well.

Tips and Tricks

Champion

Ravenous Flock (Passive)

  1. Remember to pay attention and collect Soul Fragments to permanently increase your maximum Health, especially after fights.

Vision of Empire (W)

  1. 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!
  2. Vision of Empire (W) trick works even better with all DoTs effects (Liandry's Anguish and Demonic Embrace).

Nevermove (E)

  1. 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.
  2. After you catch someone with your Nevermove (E), you can set up Vision of Empire (W) for a certain hit.

Demonic Ascension (R)

  1. Enemies in your base? Use Demonic Ascension (R) before taking portal (frost-gate), this way you damage everyone on your way.

Riot

  1. 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.
  2. While laning, try to use Death's Hand's piercing damage to damage opponents from a safe distance.
  3. 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.
  4. 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

  • Swain [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Death's Hand
  • Swain [object Object] ability.
    W
    Vision of Empire
  • Swain [object Object] ability.
    E
    Nevermove
  • Swain [object Object] ability.
    R
    Demonic Ascension

Items

Starting items
Giant's Belt item.
Tear of the Goddess item.
Rush this #1
Rylai's Crystal Scepter item.
Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Good support items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Redemption item.
Diadem of Songs item.
Ardent Censer item.
Bandlepipes item.
Locket of the Iron Solari item.
Staff of Flowing Water item.
Shurelya's Battlesong item.
Moonstone Renewer item.
Good tank items
Knight's Vow item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Good MR items
Spirit Visage item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Force of Nature item.
Good Armor items
Thornmail item.
Frozen Heart item.
Randuin's Omen item.
Iceborn Gauntlet item.
Dead Man's Plate item.
For mana problems
Tear of the Goddess item.
Seraph's Embrace item.
Situational dmg items
Cryptbloom item.
Rabadon's Deathcap item.
Cosmic Drive item.
Zhonya's Hourglass item.
Liandry's Torment item.
Rod of Ages item.
Blackfire Torch item.
Counter healing
Oblivion Orb item.
Morellonomicon item.
Counter shielding
Serpent's Fang item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Seeker's Armguard item.
Elixir of Iron item.
Elixir of Sorcery item.
Example final build
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Imperial Mandate item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Morellonomicon item.
Spirit Visage item.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter item.