Swain doesnt feel like...Swain

Arrakise·5/4/2016, 10:27:36 PM·2 votes·583 views

Thats all there is too it.

I don't really get it minus the full second before my ravens can hit the same target, but I don't feel like I'm getting the healing, damage or overall any satisfaction when playing him. It felt super empty. E>Q>W or what have you and when I ult...nothing really happens. New Q, higher early damage amplification on E, these nice new tools for him to use, but no finisher. and one with a higher CD with less damage and less healing NOT counting in the delay in between damage/heal ticks.

I know I'll get general "Get gud" responses but like...just give me my Bird back.

Ive always enjoyed Swain for what he was, an awkwardly tanky Bird Monster with a knack for staying in fights longer then he should. All the while dealing DoT effects and turning a fight with his ult. I don't feel like he has that now and am incredibly upset about whats happened to my once favorite champion.

4 Comments

Slack King5/4/2016, 10:39:19 PM3 votes

I agree, the new q is great. Not being forced to max e is nice. The ult feels gutted and makes him feel squishy as hell. His damage also feels much lower

Dominick Destine5/4/2016, 10:35:02 PM2 votes

New Bird seems way better for zone control.

Couldn't say for sure till I try it though.

MajinBell5/4/2016, 11:23:57 PM2 votes

I love the new Q it's easier to lane with than his old one but i get what your saying,the damage and healing he used to do just doesn't feel right. I honestly feel like he should permanently stay in the mid instead of being a top/mid laner.

WeedTits5/4/2016, 10:37:12 PM1 votes

I kinda feel the same about the Taric rework. Before he was a super tanky guy who could peel for an adc quite well and do a good job of keeping him alive. Now, if someone is rushing your ADC in a teamfight, you better fucking land that E, as it's the only thing that MIGHT save him. It probably won't. That heal is just piss weak, even if you max it first. The delay on his ult is so long, you could press it right as the teamfight started, and your ADC will be dead before it goes off. And he himself just isn't that tanky anymore, so trying to be on the front lines to land an E aggressively is a massive pain, especially when it is possibly the easiest move in the entire game to counterplay (Sion's Q comes to mind, but at least you choose when to trigger it, and can trigger it early to have SOME effect). Taric uses E, takes like 1/3 of his mana, and anyone above Gold is just gonna sidestep that shit. And even if his ult didn't have such a delay, it's such an obvious cast animation that it screams to everyone, even in bronze, to just disengage and reengage when it's over. His W no longer gives armor to all his allies, just the one that's bastioned. IMO, this was a solid nerf. Taric wasn't good before, but he's worse now. How can he protect anyone when he can't even protect himself?