Tank Swain Build

1. You play as a Tank.
2. Your job is to soak damage, disrupt fights, protect your team, and be a pain in the neck for the enemy.

Getting started

1. Start with Guardian's Horn. Rush #1 Armor item if enemy is heavy on AD, or MR item if heavy on AP. Get Jak'Sho as #2.
2. You will be more tanky later on, so play more carefully in the early game.
3. Guardian's Horn is a surprisingly good item for its price. You can keep it for very long time (or even have it as 6th item).

During fights

1. Your goal is to be in the middle of fights as long as possible - Jak'Sho stacks up with combat seconds.

Adapting

1. You need to adapt your items to the game. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.
2. You can use Bandlepipes to give your whole team an attack speed boost whenever you CC enemies. Great synergy with auto attackers.

Runes

1. Triumph is better overall (heal + gold), but if you want to have easier time with your mana, go Presence of Mind.
2. Remember to consume your Grasp of the Undying procs!

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.

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.