Maybe give Swain some buffs

Hey everyone,

I've been playing Swain quite a bit lately, and while I really like hit kit, I feel like he is just a little bit weak, especially his early game. His CDs and mana costs are high, the base damage pretty low. His waveclear is weak and only starts to ramp up around level 9, but doesn't get amazing either. His sustain from his passive relies on hitting his E+W, which I guess is a good design since it allows counterplay, still it feels a bit lackluster. His ult has no mana cost, yes, but is on a 120 sec CD on all levels, and with Swain you can't really build a lot of CDR given that he needs mana, health and AP and he can't skip any of those stats. Why does his W deal reduced DMG on minions anyway? His waveclear is pretty weak already. Maybe they could reduce his mana costs on his Q early and buff the damage a bit, so he doesn't get pushed in all the time. Or at least remove the reduced DMG on minions of his w. Or reduce his ult CD on higher levels so its more rewarding to surivive the early game. As far as I understand Swain was nerfed a while ago cuz he was dominating botlane when ADCs were trash, i wasn't playing League at that time tho (I quit league at the end of Season 4 and started this year again) so I don't know if he really was that strong back then. Anyway, is it just me or is Swain in a weak spot right now?