Gj Riot, You nerfed Swain to the point he is not worth playing again....

5050BS·Jul 11, 2019·3 votes·2,104 views

They nerfed his mana recover with his Passive and his Q CD and Auto attack Range to the point he cant be played. Too many other champs in both top and mid are better picks.

5 Comments

iiGazeiiJul 11, 20194 votes

lol, they didn't ruin him. He's gonna be a beast.

His mana sustain is better than it's ever been. The mana return on his Q was unreliable at best. The new mana regen gives him a larger amount every time he lands his E, every time he lands his W, and every time somebody dies nearby.

The lower AA range isn't really an issue. He was always a close-range champion anyway.

The Q cooldown is to make up for the fact that he actually has waveclear now. He can not only shove the wave but also poke his opponent through it. It's an amazing improvement to his trading and wave control.

The stacking health is a huge change. He can get tanky af.

His ult is getting a massive buff. Recast whenever you want with beefy minimum damage, drain any number of targets, and you get a bigger chunk of extra health when you activate it.

Yes, there are some nerfs sprinkled in there, but overall this is a big buff for Swain.

DrathlordJul 12, 20191 votes

Man R bonus hp get nerfed to 125/200/275 from 150/275/400, also Bonus hp per level lowered from 90 to 85, thats the huge u need 18 stacks for that and 25 stacks for R rank 3 to solve this nerf. So after 25 stacks every stack is buff but 25 stacks is a solid number and u need time to collect that amount. Also cd of q is okay but range is a solid nerf too.

PhieldworkerJul 12, 20191 votes

Yes q and aa range were lowered. But it makes sense because then his poke would be super dumb. Stacking won’t be a problem I don’t think. I usually have 5 souls by level 4. It will just incentivize grouping sooner because of the cc and deaths flying around.

PhieldworkerJul 12, 20191 votes

Let’s wait until he’s on live servers and we can actually make a judgement call. Pbe is a testing environment but it doesn’t have the same results as ranked games. Heck it’s even crazier than normal draft on live servers.