Swain?

Handy Sandy ·Sep 14, 2016·1 votes·380 views

Can he midlane? Pros/cons? I'm thinking of getting him. Is he more of a damage dealer or just a tank, or can he be built as both? Also what does he even do in teamfights...

5 Comments

RcGjWO640wSep 14, 20161 votes

Swain mid is pretty difficult to deal with, honestly. Unless the enemy has super long range or can all-in pre-6, he essentially requires team support to deal with. And with 2 abilities that CC, ganking for him is extremely easy. He's a champion who I prefer to see banned simply because I feel like he's actually sleeper OP with great damage and ridiculous teamfight tanking.

oSEXYPLATYPUSoSep 14, 20161 votes

he is good in certain counter picks as a top laner and will help balance a team comp if you have ad mid and an ad jungler

oSEXYPLATYPUSoSep 14, 20161 votes

i have had some decent success as Swain top into Fiora and im told he is suppose to counter Yasuo

LadyRenlySep 14, 20161 votes

Swain is great mid IMO. Honestly I prefer Swain as a carry.

He can farm with Q+W with minimal loss of mana, it's his ult and constantly trading that drains him.

A typical build I go for is item 3027 item 3020 item 3116 item 3151 item 3157 item 3135 (some games I may go item 3065 item 3001 if an AP is too strong.)

With Swain, if a jungler ganks for you or you gank bot, you initiate fights with W, or Q+W (if you have Rylais, you can do R/E+W and you just do AoE damage and run around like a chicken with its head cut off and pentakill.

Swain's a decent teamfighter to be honest. Q sets up zones you HAVE to avoid, W makes picks, and R gives you annoying AoE slows and sustain damage.

Zhonyas is a core item on Swain because you can go into stasis and still heal/damage.

Swain is typically played toplane, but I much prefer the kill potential of Ignite in the midlane, and Top lane is longer, and Swain lacks mobility. But hes a pain in the ass for melees to deal with.