@Riot- MINOR Swain changes.

Hello. A bit about myself, I'm BeautifulFerret, I've been playing League of Legends since Season 2 Worlds, and my current level of play is Plat 5. Although I enjoy playing a variety of champions, I'm what many call a one-trick pony when it comes to ranked. Swain is probably the only champion I play at a skill level above my current MMR. I have played hundreds of games on Swain.

Since Swain is in a very good place right now (IMO) in terms of power level, I think that an effective change should buff some areas he is lacking in without accidentally buffing him in a area he doesn't need help in.

There is very little counter play against Swain. If you get into a certain range of him, he can slap you with two DoT targeted spells, and when you're slowed he has a near-guaranteed snare with his "Skillshot" Nevermove. In a teamfight, the more enemies surround him, the more birds he has from his R to give him back HP, and with Zhonya, trying to kill him is incredibly frustrating.

However, as hard as it is to play against Swain, it can be equally frustrating to play as him. His biggest problem, IMO, is farming. His basic attack animation isn't the smoothest, and he doesn't have any kind of immediate "nuke" ability to finish off a minion, like most champions do. Instead, he is armed only with DoT abilities and a delayed cast W. Additionally, the birds from his R strike seemingly random nearby targets.

Here are the changes I propose:

1: Swain's W, Nevermove, deals double damage to minions (not monsters though- I don't want to see Swain jungle become FOTM overnight).

I feel this is a reasonable change because it will still take skill to last hit minions with a delayed cast spell. It will not change the order Swain levels his skills in, and casting w on minions will leave him vulnerable to ganks or an all-in from his lane opponent. This change will make it easier to farm on Swain, and although he will be able to one hit an entire wave in one spell lategame, there are plenty of champions who can do the same.

2: The slow on Swain's Q, Decrepify, decreases the further away from Swain the target is. Currently, the slow scales 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%. I propose it is changed to 10-30 / 12.5-50 / 15-60 / 17.5-70 / 20-80%. The bird will still stay for 3 seconds, but the slow should instantly disappear when the enemy leaves the range of the Q.

I feel that this change is reasonable as well. This way, the opposing laner can feel safer farming because a EQ combo from too far away will no longer make Swain's W so easy to land. The counterplay for Swain's Q has always been to walk away from the laser bird, and the increasing slow going towards the bird will make this much more obvious. Swain will have a greater reward for getting close to his enemies. Thematically, it makes sense as a tactician to make his enemies choose between a snare and an increased slow by leading them with Nevermove, but if Swain misjudges the range of his q, the enemy can simply walk out of the slow and dodge the W easily. Dashes will be better against Swain, as champs like can just dash out of the slow and come right back to finish Swain off.

3: The birds from Swain's R, Ravenous Flock, will now prioritize low HP minions (After champions, ofc).

This change will ensure never again will your birds work against you. Standing in the middle of a wave with R on and auto attacking the lowest HP minions will hopefully net more last hits than previously.

I would REALLY like to see some red posts on my suggestions. I'm tired of threads about less popular champions getting downvoted and ignored. I am sure there are a handful of people out there who are just as passionate about playing Swain as I am. I feel my changes are reasonable, and wouldn't be that hard to implement. If nothing else, just the W change in one of the next few patches would make my a very happy birdman.

P.S.- I don't even need to supply images of the default Swain skin to say what we're all thinking- Yuck. That's the subject for a different thread, though.

TL;DR Rito pls buff birdman qq