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swain rework is just terrible design

KirbyCake··1 votes·846 views

champions are supposed to have strengths and weaknesses

swain is supposed to have weak waveclear and mana problems, but have high targeted burst

not all champions have to have 0 weaknesses and no counterplay

4 Comments

Twiggles2 votes

0 weaknesses and no counterplay

item 3165 item 3123 item 3009

These three items are all good against Swain, and the healing on his ult is being nerfed in the next patch.

His damage is low compared to other mids, so magic resist does wonders. Especially since he usually doesn't build for penetration. He is easily kited since his CC is unreliable, he has no in-built mobility tools, and he can't use his ult's heal unless he's close to you.

Swain has plenty of counterplay.

Icestar11861 votes

Eh, I usually get some combination of item 3027 item 3001 item 3151 item 3116 item 3152 item 3089 item 3157 with item 3020

Gives you AP, HP, MR, armor, Mpen, and mobility. You're practically unstoppable.

NostolgicSkies1 votes

Swain and Mundo are easy to deal with, ADC's just need to realize item 3123 is more valuable then other items in games with either or both in them. most times i find item 3165 to be less useful then the garanteed GW fromitem 3123 cause with mundo or swain you'll have a hard time as an AP to get to the 40% mark due to both of their high health, high regen design. And its never a bad idea for top laners to buy item 3123 when the lane calls for it.

jusho11 votes

swain dosnt have and never had burst

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