Light weight swirler for gas turbine engine combustor and a method for lightening a swirler for a gas turbine engine

A method of lightening a swirler assembly for a combustor of a gas turbine engine comprising:

• defining at least one first pocket within an annular first mount face of a first swirler body;
• defining a capture plate that is configured to retain a nozzle guide to include a non-circular inner periphery;
• extending said at least one first pocket through an outer surface of said first swirler body;
• and
• abutting the annular first mount face of the first swirler body with an annular second mount face of a second swirler body such that a primary combustion core airflow is configured to enter the at least one first pocket and at least one second pocket of the annular second mount face and be trapped therein and impinge within the at least one first pocket and the at least one second pocket but not be swirled or communicated toward a combustion chamber.