MacroMind matchup data: real ranked games, not opinions
Swain vs Taliyah
How often does Swain beat Taliyah in Support?
Swain into Taliyah in Support: 40% observed win rate across 30 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 behind by 130 gold.
Swain at 15:00
- Gold: -130
- CS: -1
- XP: -229
Typical gap to Taliyah, from 30 games that reached 15:00.
Beating Taliyah: the Swain game plan
Someone usually dies here around 3:46 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 8:07. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.
Swain's Support build, with receipts
The most-finished Swain core is Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment, Zhonya's Hourglass: 53.0% across 806 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 26.1-26.12.
Most games start Health Potion + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Rylai's Crystal Scepter (15,003 games).
Skill plan: Swain players max Q first and take E at level 1.