Tweaks that would make Swain competitive

Swains kit is a short ranged mage. That means he has to and wants to be in your face. Thing is his kit does not play well like this.

You need to build AP to do any damage but then you die VERY fast so the ONLY option is to build him tanky (with Defs not just HPs)

So my idea to flush out his kit is this.

Passive: Same as before but add he gains 8/10/15/20 AP per soul at lvls 1/6/11/16 So at level 1-5 he can gain 8-40 AP. This means if you play bad vs him he becomes stronger (he was tactful) At lvl 6-10 he can have 10-50 more AP At lvl 11-15 he can have 15-75 more AP at 16+ he can have 20-100 more AP

Another alternative is that each soul increases his damage and healing by 5% So with 5 souls he does and heals 25% more. This may be the better way to go.

The idea is that you Dont want to fight him when he has 5 souls.

Now for this you lower the AP ratios a BIT on his QE and R (W should do a lot of damage because it is hard to hit)

His Q should have more flat damage per/point tho and killing a minion should be 5% of missing mana returned.

Ws slow should apply to the zone and not require you to hit.

E is fine

R the flat healing needs to be more to compensate for him not building AP.

This way you build Swain tankyish so be CAN he in your face.