@RiotRepertoir: Wanna talk about swain?

Hey man, thanks for being so proactive on the forums lately! :) I was wondering if you had any insight/opinions on swain atm.

I love swain, but right now he's just so frustrating to play as. His AA animation/speed is horrendous when it comes to farming, and his base/scaling ad is so pathetic, I have to run 15 ad runes and a d blade just to compensate. (I know his ad isn't too much lower than most mages, but his aa animation just exacerbates the issue. cs'ing is painful)

Overall, I do like his kit, but since most of his damage is focused on dots, he sorely lacks wave clear most mages are given, thus making gold acquisition outside of the laning phase nigh impossible if he isn't racking up kills/assists. And someone who is very gold dependent to fulfill his role on the team, you can see how it makes playing the bird man frustrating.

That is to say, I don't think swain needs a complete rework, but it would be amazing if riot could tweak his ult to make it much more efficient at farming than it currently is. (increased dmg vs minions, improved targeting AI so it doesn't miss last hits, new target acquisition if previous target dies, more birds fired per rank up, etc.)

What are your thoughts? I know somewhere you mentioned that swain needed "more than just uniqueness sharpening" what exactly did you mean by that?