MacroMind matchup data: real ranked games, not opinions
Swain vs Nilah
How often does Swain beat Nilah in ADC?
Swain into Nilah in ADC: 48% observed win rate across 150 ranked games.
Global ranked sample: games from every region and every rank pooled together, not one server's stats. Data runs through patch 26.12; curves updated 2026-08-07.
By 15 minutes the median game has Swain ahead by 372 gold.
Swain at 15:00
- Gold: +372
- CS: +5
- XP: +43
Typical gap to Nilah, from 150 games that reached 15:00.
Does Swain counter Nilah?
No counter here: Swain sits at 48% over 150 games. The swing lives in the spots below, so play the side you know better and chase the row that moves the number the most in this lane, then hold that lead through the first back.
Beating Nilah: the Swain game plan
A gold lead at 10:00 puts Swain at 60% across 70 games. Flip the lead and Swain falls to 38% across 80.
| The spot | Win rate | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Ahead in gold at 10:00 | 60% | 70 |
| Behind in gold at 10:00 | 38% | 80 |
| First blood | 54% | 84 |
| +kills at 10:00 | 60% | 58 |
| +CS at 10:00 | 59% | 70 |
| 0 deaths at 10:00 | 68% | 40 |
Someone usually dies here around 5:27 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 7:30. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.
Swain's ADC build, with receipts
Into Nilah specifically, Swain finishes Malignance first most often: 42.0% over 50 games of this matchup.
The most-finished Swain core is Malignance, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass: 56.6% across 1,988 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 26.1-26.12.
Most games start Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Malignance (6,391 games).
Skill plan: Swain players max Q first and take E at level 1.