The Swain nerfs are nice.......

masterdragon481·6/1/2016, 8:30:28 PM·6 votes·814 views

but they aren't going to change his ban rate until his natural synergy with ROA (or more specifically catalyst) goes away (or is more costly).

The amount of uptime Swain can have on his ultimate now with catalyst restoring mana as he takes damage (which is quickly healed off both by catalyst again and his ulti) is completely nuts and not even grevious wounds are effective in combating a Swain when he gets rolling.

So until you address the swain that has massive uptime on his ultimate and has access to really good waveclear, he is going to continue to get banned (or if he actually gets into a game, over perform).

3 Comments

jusho16/2/2016, 5:12:58 PM1 votes

thats not why he is good right now. he is good just because he fits the meta really well

Bobloser35556/2/2016, 5:19:35 PM1 votes

I have the feeling Rod alone is not enough mana, I usually by Rod and Tear with the reworked Swain.

ViashinoWizard6/2/2016, 5:22:16 PM1 votes

They're nerfing the healing Catalyst items give to toggled spells like Swain's R.