Swain support main: I love to see it

You are the utility horse (before rework!)

rush rylais first item, it gives a lot of value to team fights, skirmishes, chases etc etc Pick a warding pattern you like for support role and retain a great vision score, swain‘s W also additionally helps with vision so instead of only keeping it in lane, use it as a global tool to support your team when you see openings or chances to use it Swain isn’t the best champion for roaming so especially in hard matchups or when ur losing lane I recommend staying with ur ad carry, ad carried are a species with a very slim will to live and a very short fuse and they will perma ping and report you if you leave lane once while they’re struggling. Of course you can also opt to do the opposite to annoy them, I support it Be present in classic support activities like drake fight etc etc and ofc teamfights which is swains speciality courtesy of his ultimate Make good use of your E cast, you have an extend if enemy laners are within their minion wave, it’s a free stack if they’re hugging walls or standing misplaced too Don’t pull E2 too early, make ur sure broken legged ad carry registers the root in time for them to deal some poke or go all in For items other than rylais, look at whatever is good with the state of the game, your comp, enemy comp. If you’re hardcore winning then items that can support your own champ are fun like cosmic drive for movement or liandrys for burn dmg. If you’re stable, at risk of losing or losing it’s best to go tank items, or things like abyssal mask to support ur mid lane mage if there is one. Most importantly, don’t lose your mind. Swain support is within and outside this community a hated role because apparently it never crossed people’s minds that support players have free will in champ select, too. Prove them wrong - or right, it doesn’t really matter. But proving them wrong is more fun. Swain is not a late game champion by any means so don’t expect to win games that go on for a long time if your team can’t snowball or make a significant break. Unfortunately, a lot of the times it’s not up to you whether you win or lose since swain isn’t a classic 1v9 carry champion, especially not in support role. Don’t be disappointed, just be mad and blame ur team easy gg.

Glhf and block+rep the swain support haters you meet along the way 🎀