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to the team that worked on swain : thank you

Naeblis495·1/28/2018, 10:53:35 AM·23 votes·926 views

i already posted this on the subreddit swainmain but i figured that it wouldn't hurt to put it here

"disclaimer , i'm not a native english speaker , please disregard my probable many faults of writing"

After seeing the overwhelming bitching and negativity off 90% of the sub after the reveal , i just had to create an account to say how grateful i am to reav3 and all the other members of the team

i loved the old swain , been my favorite mage/champ for a long time now being in terms of playstyle and lore and i was scared of what the rework could bring while also knowing that even if i didn't liked the new swain gameplay wise , the new visuals , and the lore it would bring to himself and noxus would be far worth it in the end after all those year of absolute nothing for swain

and so i lurked in this sub for months , waiting for the rework , reading theories , shitposts , memes and enduring Reav3 teasing eveyday . It was pretty enjoyable

and then came the day of the reveal and looking at the splash i was like " it's everything swain deserved to be"

after 30 minutes of pure fangasm , looking at his new kit , new bits of lore and skins , my only minus points were : no dots and no robes" but it was pretty minor in the grand scheme of things , afterall he was still a badass grand general , a raven themed battle mage who drain people's life with a transformation ultimate so i was real happy.

i then go to this sub to see everyone reaction and what was my surprise to see pretty much only negative posts and to what of all things ? HIS BLOODY HAIRCUT . every messages were bitching about that and the no full bird transformation wich is still available in a skin that you should have if you're a real swain enthusiast anyway.

i was pretty shocked to find that the majority of swainmains were so shallow to complain about that to the point of saying that the rework is garbage just because of that particuliar point

So , once again , to every members of the swain rework : THANK YOU SO MUCH swain is an absolute treat visualy ,gameplay wise and his VO is on point -his hair is perfect for a "evil" spellcaster DO NOT CHANGE IT -his mantle is awesome -his countless ravens following you on the map are so good to watch -his transformation IS badass but you still implamented a full bird transformation in tyrant just to please us -you kept his cane for his dance while not being forced to considering his new direction -you still kept beatrice , his joke confirmed that she is still part of the coutless ravens swain own

  • his personality seems to have stay globaly the same but more fleshed out : a ruthless man, highly inteligent , his life focused on a goal that he is ready to do anything to reach it , while still being a little bit playfull and charming ( those leblanc quote tho)

to me , it seems you've did your best to keep as much of the old swain as possible while still pursuing a different vision for the man , and for that THANK YOU again

7 Comments

Blakiepug1/28/2018, 4:11:27 PM12 votes

It's fine for you to like the Swain rework and share what you like about it, but I don't think you should entirely discredit others who have a different opinion as shallow. I don't really care for Swain either old or new but I've certainly seen players on here who had more critiques than just his hair. Just because you don't agree with someone else, doesn't mean you should try to invalidate their opinion.

And also try to realize that you not agreeing with something, doesn't mean they are being negative by sharing their thoughts. Too commonly nowadays do we confuse critiques with negativity.

Abibyama1/28/2018, 1:12:30 PM9 votes

You know the gameplay of the rework is good when everyone is bitching about the hair style

I’m impressed, given the fiesta of r/evelynnmains

Next stop, Irelia

Quepha1/28/2018, 5:36:38 PM7 votes

He's not raven themed anymore, what are you talking about? The wings on his ult and the birds on the terrain are just visual effects that were literally tacked on at the last minute.

Uranbrennstab1/29/2018, 9:15:46 AM3 votes

The old backstory of Swain is damn good, the new one does not reach that far. How Swain rose to dominion over Noxus with his intrusions and black magic and how many other champions were involved in it was just cool. Now he's just the average evil wizard who also looks and sounds original like Lucius Malfoy. In general, I find the new background stories of the champions and places worse than before, with the exception of Bilgewater maybe.