god I was so unkillable. I just ran into the enemy team and chased after the kalista ori and lux. I would take every single ult and half the time still get out alive because I had a huge shield from AAS (boosted by 10%) and all my heals from ult and gunblade (boosted by 35%) on top of redemption active (bosted by 35% as well)
also had ghost flash and stormraiders... they wasn't getting away or if I had to run, they wasn't catching me
WoonStruck2 votesIf you fight any AD that don't completely suck, you'd get melted still. You wouldn't even get time to sustain.
Also, since you're focusing on sustain so much, as opposed to damage, they would just buy GW and you would accomplish nothing in fights anymore.
ImTheSideKick2 votesyeah cuz a adc can do 4k damage (my hp and shield) faster then I would either kill it, or run away oh and did I mention I'm healing for like 800 every second? plus have redemption active if things get hairy
literally would take ww ult ori ult ren stun and several hits from a fed kali and still walk out
WoonStruck2 votesGunblade's hardly healing you for anything because you do no damage. Also 1/3 healing.
Redemption stacks additively with SV/Runic, so its really only increasing your healing by ~7.5%.
So you've just wasted 2 item slots to increase your healing per second by maybe 50, while also gimping your damage and completely lacking armor/zhonya's.
I'd be glad to run into an enemy swain with your build.
ImTheSideKick1 votesgood I enjoy free wins cuz you under estimate me :p
WoonStruck1 votesYou were 10/7/19 and vs a very, very low-damage team.
Keep thinking the build is decent, though.
ShaolinToilet2 votesMy money's on swain
Schàdenfreude2 votesRemove gunblade and add something else. You won't be using the AD much and also it's effectiveness is reduced against multiple targets.
ImTheSideKick3 votesits not about the ad, and sure its is reduced on w and r but still massive, q and e give full powers.
also don't forget that 300 plus damage nuke and slow
Schàdenfreude2 votesYou'd be better of going something like 
, as it gives mana and CDR for more damage. It would reduce your sustain but give you more damage and a bigger shield for your seraph's embrace. Hextech gunblade really only works in the early game with the attack damage.
Edit: I just realized another potentially big problem with your build: No Zhonyas.
It's pretty important on someone like Swain as you can heal while in stasis.
Handy Sandy 2 votesNice, next time I play swain I'll have to try gunblade on him. I usually build him full AP
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ImTheSideKick1 votesI had mercs because they had a lux binding a ww ult a ren stun and a ori ult... lots of cc means mercs. plus they was mostly magic damage with ori lux and ww
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ImTheSideKick1 votesyeah woonstruck. he probably one of those meta boys that doesn't like anything tested tried or changed