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Did Riot Really Have to Nerf Swain?

9L9L9L9L9L9L9L··3 votes·508 views

I know that Swain was strong with the Deathfire Touch mastery but why couldn't Riot just nerf the keystone mastery and leave Swain's abilities alone.

4 Comments

Jbels1 votes

Playing against Swain as a melee range top laner is downright infuriating. He never runs out of mana, his main harrass tools aren't even skillshots, and his W used to root FOREVER before the nerf. Playing against Swain in top lane isn't even playing against him, it's just aggrivating

Wolfram Oxford1 votes

Swain is toxic as hell, unkillable, sustain damage.

AlwaysByMySide1 votes

Swain has one of the most poorly-designed and binary kits in the game. I frankly hope he's bad until his rework.

Miror B1 votes

See, I'd argue that Ryse is worse due to rune prison being an instant 1-click root as opposed to swain's which takes multiple seconds to fully take effect. While I do sorta agree he needs a rework, to suggest that his kit is in any way overpowered in the current meta is somewhat laughable as he not only dies fairly quickly to most of the offensive threats but also lacks range and means of escaping compared to things like Azir and quinn.

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