Thoughts on reworked Swain
My excitement for the new reworked Swain was overwhelming. Being a Swain main, I saw this new Swain and his absolutely awesome visual update with himself and all his abilities. Thinking this new kit is going to be really good to top his current kit, and I thought this was going to happen easily seeing his new abilities. But as I play this reworked Swain, I realized, this isn't Swain. His bird especially was what was missing. But his monstrous bird aspect instead of demon was gone. This swains abilities are no where near as good as the pre-rework abilities. The Q has good damage but it isn't really Swain. The W completely has no synergy with this Q (which by the way I hardly find use for). The E is really cool and is a neat mechanic but it's really situational. Now Swains ult, the old ult allowed swain to target 5 champions instead of 3. You only gained health if you were near enemy champions which made sense but now you gain health with even draining hp from enemies. The old ult had a much shorter cooldown, could make Swain less situational, and made Zhonyas Hourglass so much better compared to new. For the new one you really need to have perfect timing and a flash to get really good use out of it. As for Zhonyas Hourglass, you have to hold still meaning the squishes get further away and you cant get that good ult damage. There's just too many negatives outweighing the positives of old Swain. So I'd really love to have Swain's old kit back, but keep these amazing visuals. For the visuals, I was thinking bringing back Beatrice. She can be his Eldritch hand and when Swain casts his Q (pre-rework Q) his hand disappears and is gone until Beatrice returns (Q ability end). I really like the thought of this new Swain but it's just a thought. The old Swain could do it all.