His rework is simply terrible.
His old ult made a better impact than his new ult.
His old Q was like a powerful ignite than his new....string cheese attack.
etc etc
I feel that Swain isn't being banned for being "powerful" I feel like he's just banned because he's bad and people want no one to play bad champions.
This rework of Swain just sucks, sorry :/ it really does.
Honestly, the balance stuff aside (I think he's fine, really. People just need to learn him, like with a lot of new stuff) new Swain is the most fun I've had with a champion's kit in forever. His E is engaging to use, his auto-attacks are now clean and easy to last hit with. Q as well is an interesting ability, capable of doing so much damage and allowing for even easier farming, on top of his improved animation. W I can't really land too often, but I feel like it's my failure as a player, not being able to combo it with E right.
People often complain how hard it is to hit enemies with E, but Swain's old snare was just as tough to land, except it wasn't any fun to use.
At first when I saw his kit on PBE previews, I thought it's going to be boring, but I was just so wrong.
Nah
Old swain was hyperboring and was just a lane bully. New Swain can actually fight 1v1 in lane now and actually requires more than drooling on your keyboard and I have already seen Swain have actual impact in games rather than being a walking R toggle.
Personally I love new swain - I've been playing the fuck out of him. Granted, I don't think he's a drain tank as much anymore, but he does have a radically different playstyle than other mages, and I have definitely seen the enemy confused as to how I'm not dead yet.
Check my account. I carried with him. I frickin love new swain
