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Why the Swain nerfs again?

Swerzz··3 votes·292 views

I know that this has been already said before probably, but i just played my first game as swain in a while so i just wanna give my input a little.

Hey, ya..... that super slow and immobile champ that needs the 2 second stun to even get close enough to attack the enemy. We're going to bring that down to a 1 second stun. Yeahhh, don't want the flashy champs to be stuck in one place for to long now.

A ONE SECOND STUN ON AN ABILITY THAT HAS A 18 SECOND COOLDOWN.... **18 SECONDS!!!!!!! **IT'S NOT EVEN EASY TO HIT!!!!!! BRAND HAS A 2 SECOND STUN, AND HE'S BROKEN TO ALL HELL RIGHT NOW.

After reading the reasoning behind this nerf,

We’re making it so that Swain is priced into investing in Nevermove to get the same level of control on his prey Official Patch Notes 5.24

Sooooooo, you want use to level up the stun, and not the one real damaging spell on Swain.... That's the solution you came up with.

But don't worry, we got you covered on the Brand nerfs. ready for this....... his W cost 5 more mana to use per cast..... 5 MANA, HE GOT A 5 MANA NERF. ON ONE ABILITY

6 Comments

DeathBurst2 votes

They don't want you to level the stun first, they want you to level the stun last, but not be able to lock down your opponent (and so snowball your lane) as easily in early-to-mid game as before.

Swerzz1 votes

But i feel that with only a one second stun. you won't be able to do much of anything unless the enemy is right in your face. because at mid to max range, the stun will wear off before you can even attack.

SaltyKracka1 votes

20 mana, actually.

On the other hand, Brand is probably on the slate for more nerfs if this doesn't change anything.

Swerzz1 votes

0/5/10/15/20 mana nerf if we really want to be technical here. but at level 5 rank, i don't think this will much of a nerf.

Ionian1 votes

Are Swain nerfs supposed to be a bad thing?

Swerzz1 votes

Yes and no.

Yes, because Swain really needs that stun to be able to get close to the enemy (more in the laning phase then anything) to be able to do the damage that he can output. Plus, the spell has an 18 second cooldown, so i feel that one second isn't worth the cooldown time that comes with it.

No. Because Swain is actually really strong, But no one ever played him. He only had a higher end win rate because the people who actually played him knew how to play him. I think he needs some kind of nerfs, I just thing they went about it the wrong way.

This is just my 2 cents thou.

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