Swan's Trusted Partner Drifter Build

Author's notes

Record Stacks: 141 Your Job is rotation and team fights. Use Veil Walker to heal and move around the map, ALWAYS be around to get stacks. Blind the enemy team at urn/midboss and attack those outside the fight. MAXIMIZE STACKS. Always be near a fight and always help

Item categories

1. 1Early game

   Game stage · 7 items · Buy Extra Health and Close Quarters. Consider counter buying to cripple your lane opponent. Either before or after fleetfoot

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      Extra Health

      More Lane Presence, Allows you to stick around more and Makes you harder to kill. 1st Item

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      Close Quarters

      Close Quarters combat is your bread and butter, this is going to let you be strong

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      Fleetfoot

      When you pop ult. 10m sprint speed, you can run around your opponent in circles while continuously firing at them. Extra Movement and slow resist is incredibly useful for getting out of situations

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2. 2Shadow Weaveoptional

   Author's category · 1 items

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      Shadow Weave

      Built from Sprint Boots

      In the event you are fed, or you don't counter buy, this is a GREAT ambush option for the backline

3. 3Refresheroptional

   Author's category · 1 items

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      Refresher

      Not the BEST buy, but it's a buy

4. 4CORE

   Author's category · 5 items

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      Superior Duration

      Built from Duration Extender

      Better Bleed. Longer Veil Walker Invis, Longer Fleetfoot, Longer Colossus->, long stalker, longer COUNTERS. Most importantly, LONGER ULT

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      Colossus

      Built from Extra Health

      This is your primary res. Use this before using your rend as it will amplify the melee damage and slow targets around you. Also health up and weapon damage up

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5. 5Metal Skin Counter'soptional

   Author's category · 4 items · Your rend is the only thing that can do damage. If anything, just get out

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      Melee Charge

      Builds into crushing fist. Honestly, it might be better to move out and regroup then try to counter metal skin

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      Crushing Fists

      Built from Melee Charge

      Rend will HURT at close range + bullet res + opens the door for melee combat

   3. 3

6. 6Barriersoptional

   Author's category · 7 items · Usually indomitable/reactive barrier is the buy. Spirit Shielding ok

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      Grit

      Great Early Game, Usually builds into whatever barrier you're going to need

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      Reactive Barrier

      Built from Grit

      GREAT item for CC. Bebop hook, Abrams charge + ult, Infernus Ult, Rem Ult, Grey Talon Snare, Graves wall, Doorman Cart, Wraith Ult, Vindicita Tether, Victor Ult, Paige, Lash, Mo and Krill

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7. 7Vindictaoptional

   Author's category · 1 items

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      Phantom Strike

      Hard to Predict, INSTANTLY knocks down vindicta

8. 8MRoptional

   Author's category · 2 items

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      Monster Rounds

      Laning phase exclusive counter to REM, MCGINNIS, AND GRAVES, however not so much graves

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      Cultist Sacrifice

      Built from Monster Rounds

      In the event you want to KEEP (probably dont) monster rounds

9. 9See Belowoptional

   Author's category · 22 items · the control panel

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      Rebuttal

      Abrams, Billy, Possibly Calico and Drifter, Viscous

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      Counterspell

      Apollo, Bebop, Calico, Celeste, Doorman, Drifter ult, Gray talon bird, holliday lasso, infernus ult, lash ult, paige, rem, shiv, sinclair, victor ult

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      Dispel Magic

      Bebop, Doorman Cart, Drifter mark, haze knife, infernus stacks, ivy thorns, mina stacks, mirage, paradox stacks, seven stun, vindicta tether/crows, yamato grapple, shiv knives

10. 10Pause the game at the start of the match and look for what counter intems overlap between opponents on the enemy team When the game begins, hatch our your plan of what to buy and when to buy it (laning, mid game, late game) The Hit List (in order) ! All Counter Items ! Abrams -> Heal Bane, Inhibitor (reduces damage regenerated), Crippling Headsot, Indomitable (stops charge or ult), unstoppable Apollo -> Slowing Hex, Counterspell, Spellbreaker Bebop -> Dispell Magic/counterspell (for bombs), Indomitable (for hook), Knockdown

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11. 11Billy -> Toxic Bullets, Siphen Bullets, Rebuttal Calico->Slowing Hex,Spirit Shielding, Counterspell, Warp Stone Celeste -> Spirit Res, Spell Breaker, Silence Wave Doorman -> Spirit Shielding, Counterspell (bells and Baroness), Displey (cart), Unstoppable, Indomitable (prevents ult) Dynamo -> Slowing Hex, Healbane/inhibitor, Spirit Shielding (laning), knockdown (out of ult), unstoppable/ethereal shift Graves -> Light melee skulls, Spirit shielding (skulls), Reactive Barrier/Indomitable (wall), Spirit Res, Monster rounds Gray Talon -> SpellBreaker, Counterspell Haze -> Rusted barrel/Disarming Hex, Metal Skin, Plated Armor Holliday -> Spell Breaker (barrels), indomitable (lasso), rescue beam (pull Ally out of lasso), slowing hex, counterspell Infernus -> Dispell Magic (removes stacks), Counterspell (ult), Ethereal Shift (over trail), rusted barrel/disarming hex Ivy -> Metal Skin (Gun Ivy), Silence Wave, Indomitabe/Counterspell (stone form), Healbane/Inhibitor

12. 12Kelvin -> Healbane, Silence Wave, Spirit Res, Unstoppable Lady Geist -> Silence Wave (when she is low health) Lash -> Counterspell, Unstoppable, Spellbreaker, Warpstone (move out of way of slam) McGinnis -> Monster Rounds (for turrets), Warp Stone (warp out of sight from ult), Spirit Res Mina -> Spirit Res, Knockdown, Slowing hex(bats): if she buys dispell, bait it out with stalkers mark or slowing hex, knockdown ult Mirage -> Dispell Magic, Spell Breaker (should be fine with dispell) Mo & Krill -> Indomitable (prevents ult), Siphon bullets, Spirit Res Paige -> Reactive Barrier/Indomitable prevents imobilize, everything is EASILY counterspellable, gun paige = rusted barrel/disarm Paradox -> Silence Wave (prevents ult), Warpstone (warp out of Line of Sight for kinetic Carbine and out of Bomb radius) Pocket -> Silence Wave (prevents suitcase, teleport, and affliction), Divine Barrier (for affliction) Rem -> Counterspell (for pillows and naptime), Slowing Hex (Prevent Tag-along), Healbane/inhibitor, monster rounds (laning) Seven -> Knockdown (ult), Dispell/Counterspell (stun), Indomitable (stun), Warpstone (out of electric balls/under cover (ult)) Shiv -> pray he sucks, Dispell (Knives), Spirit Shielding, Spell Breaker, Counterspell Silver -> Metal Skin, Plated Armor, slowing hex, rusted barrel/disarming hex Sinclair (You) -> Slowing hex (prevents teleport), Counterspell (Bolts/rabbit circle, and YOUR ult), reactive barrier/indomitable

13. 13Venator -> Bullet Res, Reactive Barrier/indomitable (traps and gutshot), metal skin Victor -> Crippling Headshot/Healbane/Inhibitor, Reactive Barrier/Indomitable for the ult and or warpstone to get out Vindicta -> Phantom Strike (BEST), Knockdown (counterable), Dispell Magic (Crow/Tether), Metal Skin/Plated Armor, Rusted/disarm Viscous -> Rebuttal (Punches), Healbane/Inhibitor (Support Viscous), Silence Wave (cubing), Reactive barrier/Indomitable (ult) Vyper -> Rusted Barrel/Disarming Hex, slowing hex, plated armor/metal skin, reactive barrier/indomitable (ult). MAYBE dispell (LP) Warden -> Crippling Headshot, Dispell Magic (Claw Machine), Metal Skin Wraith -> Slowing Hex (stops teleport), Silence wave (prevents ult), Reactive barrier/indom (ult), disarm/rusted, metal skin/plated Yamato -> Dispell Magic (Takes off her hook), Spell Breaker (Prevents damage), Counterspell, Slowing hex (prevents grapple)

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Published ability order

Published ability order: unlocks and upgrades in the author's order, one row per ability in slot order

RendRend	Rend: Ability unlocked, step 1	Rend: 1 AP upgrade, step 21													Rend: 2 AP upgrade, step 152