Riot, the only two things that I miss about Swain are making me an upsetti spaghetti
I don't care about the color changes or making him look younger for his age (I mean, he's old, you have so many characters in this game that are there for appeal, but why this old guy?) BUT the only reason I loved Swain was because of Beatrice. Playing him felt like you're playing two characters at once, kind of like how Kindred is. It's like when you step into the game, you're not just playing an old guy, but you're also tag teamed with Beatrice.
I love the skill cap that he has now and the visuals are sharp, too. The two things that I miss though are:-
1- BEATRICE. Rito, Beatrice was everything. Hell, when I picked Swain, it felt more like I was playing Beatrice more, but now he's just a weird demon guy. I like that she's in the splash art, but what would we have to do to get Beatrice back? She was the entirety of this character. She gave him a deep and screwed up story and it felt so good. Now it's just sad when he says "Which one is Beatrice?" and stuff like that. He gave Leblanc more love than he has to my evil birdie. Please bring her back. I've never been this sad when it came to a game before, I really want her back.
2- Bird visuals in abilities. His old kit had everything bird related, enhancing his character. He had bird claws, bird shooting lasers, bird swarming around and bird going in and out. Please bring that back. I've seen feathery visuals, but they'r barely there and it's just not the same. He's the only bird champion I loved because he had actual bird visuals, now it's just eh. If possible, is there ANYTHING you can do? Like at the end of his Q, instead of feathers, how about tiny ravens go out or something? Or like in his E, instead of looking like an arm-claw, make it an actual bird claw? You know?
Anyway, the one thing I want to mention that I really loved was the ravens all around when he loads into the game. It is one of the greatest visuals I've ever seen and I will play him just because of that. I love seeing birds around and that made me really happy because now I can feed while all the bird audience looks at me and laughs.
I don't mean to offend or hurt your work, you've put in a lot of time and I'm grateful, but these are the only two things. The haircut isn't that much of an issue because I never cared about how he looked as much as the bird aspect. Peace.