LoR:Swain
For Alternate Card
Nexus Strike: Deal 3 to the enemy Nexus.
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Swain is a champion in Legends of Runeterra.
For Alternate Card
Stun the 
strongest backrow enemy. Nexus Strike: Deal 3 to all enemies and the enemy Nexus. 4 7
Noxus fulfilled."
Swain is a champion in Legends of Runeterra.
For Alternate Card
Swain's Ravenous Flock is a champion spell in Legends of Runeterra.
The Path of Champions[edit | edit source]
Balanced
Hard
Swain is a playable champion in The Path of Champions. See more at Swain/PoC.
Champion Stars
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Your first spell or  Skill each round deals 1 extra damage for each 5 Health the enemy Nexus is missing.
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+1 Starting Mana. When a unit dies, deal 1 to the enemy nexus. |
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Your first three spells or Skills each round deal 1 extra damage for each 5 Health the enemy Nexus is missing.
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When you damage the enemy Nexus, grant the top ally in your deck +1|+1. |
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When you damage an enemy with a spell or Skill, deal the same amount to all other enemies as well.
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Notes[edit | edit source]
- Non-combat damage includes any damage which is not the result of a
strike between attackers and blockers. It includes:
Spell, Skill, and 
Trap damage- Self-damage
- Non-Combat Strikes
- Strikes from spells that cause strikes, such as
2 Single Combat and 3 Strafing Strike, occur outside of direct attacking and blocking and are thus considered non-combat damage, even if they occur between attackers and blockers.
- Strikes from spells that cause strikes, such as
- Swain's damaging effect triggers healing from
Lifesteal. - Swain can be drawn by
7 The Leviathan.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- 4 Citybreaker is featured in the artwork of
5Swain (Level 1). - 5 Decisive Maneuver is featured in 5Swain's level up animation
Skins[edit | edit source]
1 / 28-Apr-2020
"A power beyond mortal understanding gave me the vision to see what most cannot. I peer through the darkness others fear."
"No sacrifice is too great to see my vision for Noxus fulfilled."
Listen. Can you hear them? The thunder of a thousand beating wings.
Quotes[edit | edit source]
Summoned[edit | edit source]
- "Loyalty through conquest."
- "Master your demons."
- "By my hand will Noxus rise."
- "Glory, courage - excuses for war."
- "Born a patrician, I became a soldier."
- "Fear the power you do not see."
- "The few for the many."
- "Vision to see what others cannot."
Enemy 3Irelia present
- Swain: "By my hand will Noxus rise."
- Irelia: "And by our blades will it fall."
- Swain: "Loyalty through conquest."
- Irelia: "We will never bow to tyrants like you."
- Irelia: "Noxians on our shores!?"
- Swain: "Bring these lands to their knees."
Enemy 6Jarvan IV present
- Swain: "By my hand will Noxus rise."
- Jarvan IV: "And by mine will it fall."
Enemy 4Kindred present
- Swain: "By my hand will Noxus rise."
- Lamb: "He owes us the remainder."
- Wolf: "I want it all!"
- Lamb: "He owes us the remainder."
Allied 3LeBlanc present
- Swain: "By my hand will Noxus rise."
- LeBlanc: "By which hand? The man's, or the demon's?"
- Swain: "Fear the power you do not see."
- LeBlanc"You flatter me, 'Grand General'"
Enemy 3LeBlanc present
- Swain: "Fear the power you do not see."
- LeBlanc: "You know nothing of real power, dear boy."
Allied 5Lee Sin present
- Lee Sin: "My cooperation does not imply forgiveness."
- Swain: "Nor does mine imply respect."
Enemy 5Lee Sin present
- Lee Sin: "You will reap what you have sown, Noxian!"
- Swain: "Victory?"
- Lee Sin: "Get. Out. Of my homeland!"
- Swain: "The dragon has fire after-all."
Enemy 3Lulu present
- Swain: "Master your demons."
- Lulu: "Demons are easy, mister. Ellafloops, are hard."
Enemy 4Maokai present
- Maokai: "Noxus will not conquer the
Shadow Isles."
- Swain: "Curious you think we'd seek to."
Allied 5Quinn present
- Quinn: "I'm to fight alongside a Noxian?"
- Swain: "I'll accept your apologies after our victory."
Enemy 5Quinn present
- Swain: "Surrender! Little Demacian."
- Quinn: "Die! Condescending Noxian."
- Swain: "Demacia's walls will crumble."
- Quinn: "Then I'll have a clean shot at your head."
Enemy 7Sion present
- Swain: "Fear the power you do not see."
- Sion: "No; Fear me, Jericho!"
Allied 7 The Leviathan present
- Swain: "By my hand will Noxus rise."
- The Leviathan: "Grand General."
Allied 2 Imperial Demolitionist present
- Swain: "By my hand will Noxus rise."
- Imperial Demolitionist: "Lead us to victory, Grand General."
Allied 6 Lord Broadmane present
- Swain: "The few for the many."
- Lord Broadmane: "It won't be much longer till these peasants fall in line."
- Swain: "Fear the power you do not see."
- Lord Broadmane: "Rest assured, my lord, they'll never see it coming."
Enemy 4 Noxian Defector present
- Swain: "Pledge or perish."
- Noxian Defector: "I perished long ago, my hate is all that's left!"
Enemy 8 Zinneia, Steel Crescendo present
- Swain: "Born a patrician, I became a soldier."
- Zinneia: "A snob and a brute? I expected no more."
Sees a 
Unit Summoned[edit | edit source]
Allied 6Darius
- Darius: "I'll handle this myself."
- Swain: "Do not disappoint."
- Darius: "I have my orders."
- Swain: "My favorite kind of soldier."
Allied 3Draven
- Draven: "Time for the main event."
- Swain: "Fame went to your head and found ample room within."
Allied 5Gangplank
- Gangplank: "Grand General! Stark look fer a man of influence."
- Swain: "You chose wealth. I choose power!"
- Gangplank: "What I can't have, I'll burn."
- Swain: "A rough-hewn bully with a talent for destruction."
Enemy 3Irelia present
- Swain: "How long can they resist while their cities crumble?"
- Irelia: "You will never quell our spirit."
- Swain: "Let them find hope in the rubble."
- Irelia: "You dare defile these sacred lands!"
Allied 5Lee Sin
- Swain: "Perhaps I can convice you of Noxian virtues."
- Lee Sin: "You could... if Noxus possessed any."
Enemy 5Lee Sin
- Swain: "We will make Ionia ours, or we will make it rubble."
- Lee Sin: "This land cannot be conquered."
- Swain: "Stand as a Noxian or die as an Ionian."
- Lee Sin: "I made my choice long ago."
Enemy 4Maokai
- Swain: "Your cause is lost, treant. Why fight?"
- Maokai: "Because no one else will!"
Enemy 3Miss Fortune
- Swain: "Bilgewater will soon fly the Noxian banner."
- Miss Fortune: "Not while I've got bullets left!"
Allied 5Quinn
- Swain: "Today, you fight with me. Tomorrow, for me."
- Quinn: "That's quite an imagination, Noxian."
- Swain: "Always a pleasure to meet a fellow bird-lover."
- Quinn: "Don't lump me in with you. That's… blugh."
Enemy 5Quinn
- Quinn: "In defense of our homeland!"
- Swain: "A pointless pursuit for a tiresome place."
Allied 7 The Leviathan
- The Leviathan: "Orders, sir!"
- Swain: "Bring forth our army."
- "Destination in sight!"
- "Bring these lands to their knees."
- "Prepare the cargo!"
- "There is no excess when victory is at stake."
Allied 6 Aurok Glinthorn
- Aurok Glinthorn: "They are weak. I can feel it."
- Swain: "Let their flaws inform your strategies."
- Aurok Glinthorn: "Empire! Battle by battle."
- Swain: "I've taught you well, my boy."
Allied 6 Armored Tuskrider
- "Hardly a subtle tool for conquest."
- "Humble creatures remade for destruction."
Allied 4 Citybreaker
- "They believe that they are safe behind their walls."
- "How long can they resist while their cities crumble."
Allied 2 Imperial Demolitionist
- Imperial Demolitionist: "For the empire."
- Swain: "The few for the many."
- Imperial Demolitionist: "Warmason reporting for duty."
- Swain: "Bestow upon them the gifts of our empire."
Allied 3 Iron Ballista
- "Let them find hope in the rubble."
- "Courage is useless against a well-aimed shot."
- "Their walls cannot protect them."
Allied 5 Legion General
- Legion General: "All will kneel before Noxus."
- Swain: "Your eyes tell of battle."
- Legion General: "My warhost awaits."
- Swain: "Your service is not forgotten."
Allied 4 Legion Veteran
- Legion Veteran: "I helped build this empire."
- Swain: "We no longer merely fight wars - we declare them."
- Legion Veteran: "I helped build this empire."
- Swain: "We know the price and prizes of conquest."
Enemy 4 Noxian Defector
- Noxian Defector: "You took everything from me!"
- Swain: "The few for the many."
Level Up[edit | edit source]
- Level Up Theme
- "Empire above all!"
- "Kneel."
- "Victory awaits!"
- "Witness the strength of Noxus!"
Attack Declared[edit | edit source]
- "Pledge or perish."
- "Witness strength."
- "We are at war."
- "Leave them nothing."
Nexus Strike effect[edit | edit source]
- "Such little lives."
- "I will break them."
- "Bleed for Noxus."
Block Declared[edit | edit source]
- "You lack discipline."
- "You dare oppose Noxus?"
- "How tedious."
- "Know your place."
- "Justify yourself."
Sees a Spell or Skill Resolve[edit | edit source]
Allied Black Powder Grenade
- "Sacrifices must be made."
- "Victory at any cost."
Allied 1 Ravenous Flock
- "After the battle, the ravens feast."
- "They should thank me for the favor."
Allied 3 Death's Hand
- "Their time has come."
- "Merely pawns in a greater game."
Allied 
6 Decimate
- "Our boots are on their throats!"
- "One less place to hide!"
Death[edit | edit source]
- "My legacy..."
- "Our vision..."
- Swain groans.
Turn timer appears[edit | edit source]
Allied turn timer
- "Patience is a tactician's greatest tool."
Enemy turn timer
- "Indecision is the first of many weaknesses."
Removed from Combat or Play[edit | edit source]
- "Incompetence surrounds me."
Brought back to Combat or Play[edit | edit source]
- "Show them their place."
Victory[edit | edit source]
- "My conflicts end only one way."
- "History will remember us."
- "We have done what is needed."
- "Raise the Noxtoraa! Remember this day!"
Defeat[edit | edit source]
- "A minor setback."
- "This is not the end."
Media[edit | edit source]
Change Log[edit | edit source]
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| V4.11 |
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| V3.19 |
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| V3.16 |
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| Swain (Level 2) | |
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| V3.19 |
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| V3.16 |
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| V2.7 |
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| V1.1 |
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| V1.0 |
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| Swain's Ravenous Flock | |
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| V1.16 | |
| V1.0 |
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Runeterra. Cards within a region tend to share mechanics such as certain keywords and tend to synergise well with each other, and combining cards from different regions can lead to unique synergies and playstyles, with their own strengths and weaknesses. Game Modes and deckbuilding rules have specific restrictions on the number of regions that can be in a deck.
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attacking or 
blocking units; units are in-combat if they're currently committed attacking or blocking. Units in-combat are also referred to as 'Battling'.
Damage done in-combat or combat damage only refers to the damage directly caused by units striking during combat with the strikes that occur due to combat.
Level UpLevel Up is a keyword that causes a 
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Random can only create Collectible cards.
Overwhelm attacking or when a spell with Overwhelm is dealing damage, if the dealing damage exceeds the blocker unit's Health, the excess damage goes to the 
Nexus and it is called Overwhelm damage.
Tough reduces Overwhelm damage by 1. If the blocker is 
gone, all the damage goes through to the Nexus.
| Type | Static | |
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| Status | Positive | |
| Generatable | Yes | |
| Transferable | Yes | |
Stun Units that have Stun ('are stunned') cannot have attacks or blocks declared with them. Granting a unit Stun ('stunning it') removes it from combat, even if they were 
challenged before. You can, however, challenge a unit previously stunned. Stun lasts until Round End.A unit that is Stunned can be Stunned again, and is counted as being Stunned again.
| Type | Static | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Negative | |
| Generatable | No | |
| Transferable | No | |
StrongestHighest Power, with ties broken by highest Health then highest Cost. If a tie cannot be resolved, cards will be targeted based on a hidden serialized id given to it upon being played.
Fast spells can be played at any time during the user's turn (including during combat and while there's spells on the Stack), multiple can be played in a turn in any order, and they can be played alongside a 
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icon before the text to indicate this.
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Strike
power (or 
Health if it's 
Formidable). A non- Formidable unit with 0 power does not strike when commanded to do so.
Strike effects occur when a unit strikes anything, Nexus or Unit.
The strike itself (and any effects that are triggered on the strike, including Nexus Strike on Overwhelm and Lifesteal) will resolve BEFORE any of the resulting effects (often "kill" or death effects such as 
Last Breath). However, strike effects do not 
trigger if the unit is 
obliterated after striking.
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Lifesteal Strike; 
Impact it has when survived; and its own non- Last Breath effects. Damaging Skills do not trigger Lifesteal's heal, despite the damage being considered being dealt by the unit itself for purpose of other effects such as Level Up.
Barrier and 
Blockade completely render Lifesteal ineffective, but the excess damage of Overwhelm still works normally (if the damage is greater than health). Tough will reduce the amount of health recovered by 1.
| Type | Static | |
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| Status | Positive | |
| Generatable | Yes | |
| Transferable | Yes | |
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The Darkin Saga (Subset 6)
- New mechanics:
Equipment, Flow, Forge, Improvise, New, Empowered, Assimilate - New subtypes: Darkin, Cultist, Weaponmaster, World Rune
Beyond the Bandlewood (Set 5)
- New region:
Bandle City - New mechanics: Impact, 1 Prank, Manifest, Multi-region,
Fated, 
Attach, Formidable
Rising Tides (Set 2)
New region: 
Bilgewater
New mechanics: Attune, Deep, Plunder, Scout, Vulnerable, Nab, Toss and Stack
Foundations (Set 1)
New 
regions: 
Demacia, 
Freljord, 
Ionia, 
Noxus, 
Piltover & Zaun and 
Shadow Isles.
Bandle City
Runeterra region: 
Bandle City
Bilgewater
Runeterra region: 
Bilgewater, Serpent Isles
Freljord
Runeterra region: 
Freljord, likely 
The Arctic
