Regarding the new Swain

Ok, I just got out of a hexakill game on the pbe to try out my main, Jericho Swain, the pimp with the cane.

And, it's amazing how just ONE skill can cripple (pun intended) a champion. Now, you may be thinking "But StarkRavenMad, it's the same as it was earlier, just with more minion slaying capability!"

And I do love that part. What I don't love is that the slow range is ABYSMAL! You may think I'm just being a butt-hurt Swain-main, but no, I swear, the range is pathetically short now, and the damage seems to be non-existent.

The slow is even pointless because it hardly works to get even 1 tick of damage off. One tick. That is 85 (+.3 AP). If the full 4 seconds work, sure, I could get that, and I know what you're thinking: Just use his nevermove, and you'll get the full damage! Hahaha, NO I WON'T! With the recent Nevermove nerfs (Which I did not bitch out, I let it go), you won't be getting much of your damage off, at ALL until extremely late game. Riot, kindly listen, for just a split second, take this as you will, but for the love of god, do SOMETHING. Extend the AOE range, revert the Nevermove nerfs, just do SOMETHING, this took away so much of Swain's dueling potential.

"But you were playing Hexakill, there's no real situation compared to Rift, if you're playing a solo-lane"

Haha, you see, I thought the same fucking thing! But, I got into a number of duels against enemies, and guess what? Go on, guess...GUESS!

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE ENEMY KNOWS YOUR SHORT ASS AOE OF SLOW AND CAN BREAK IT AND JUST TERRORIZE YOU.

I've done thinking on this, and when I first heard the changes, I was excited, I thought I'd be able to use it to stop people from running away, by setting the bird infront of their path of travel....but no, it's range is too short to do that with anyone, and, again, the enemy can see the aoe, and just WALK AROUND IT.

I know I may see upset, and I am, but this is only coming because this was the champion that made me WANT to play League. I had absolutely no interest in it until Swain was shown to me. And seeing him get what I can only assume is the Evelynn treatment of old (you know, make a champ horrible so they're not played until their eventual rework), it honestly hurts me. This was a champ I love, not only his design, but his lore, his presence, and the style of a drain-tank. Please, I was so excited to see Swain get a little love, just...do something else about it, please?