Most swarms are relentless creatures and rolled up into a single statblock to simply game mechanics. Therefore they are immune to most 1v1 tactics. This does not include any base passive resistances/immunities a swarm might possess inherit to its base creature.
AOE spells or abilities that cover the swarm still can work, and attack/saves can still be rolled against the swarm. The DM can manually add the status effect to any creature in the DM Screen for the encounter creature(s).