Swain update first impressions.

I can't really speak for item orders just yet, but here's my first impression on the swain changes.

The change to Swain's Q is sublime. It gives an incredible amount of zone control, but not only that allows swain the much needed ability to last hit that he lacked. Early on however make sure to smack whatever your bird is smacking for double safety, as it tends to miss the last hit against the minions. It's also ridiculously entertaining watching the bird get a triple kill, and then sit in the middle of the corpse preening itself.

W is W. Nothing to write home about but I found myself, for once in my X amount of years of swaining about, using my Q BEFORE my W.

I really enjoy the new E changes, because yes, early on it's a 1 point wonder. But with Q now being maxed first (it's too fun not to) it comes down to the mobility of your enemy team as to which you max second, W or E. I generally go E simply because I love typing in all chat "Wait for it." seconds before death from a well timed DFT.

The changes to the ultimate... Okay, for people familiar with how swain works. He sends 3 crows in unison per second, that fly back to him, it looks very mechanical and weird, but it worked. Now, on the pbe it looks like a legit CROW STORM. Crows fly out from you at different rates,and it just looks awesome. The ult feels better under the hood in total, and thanks to the changes to catalyst you DO NOT feel like you're hurting for health, what with your ult's healing being nerfed on minions.

the TL:DR is, Q feels awesome now. W is boring and function. E is weak at first, fiendish lategame. And your ult makes you feel like even more an unstoppable old man than before, lasting longer and harder.