I like this build because it's pretty much like my own, just some fixes and changes in the build rotation you buy items.

Have you considered swapping something out with the new Zhonya or a Abyssal Scepter to become more tanky?

Btw. the name is very close to the thing I named my first guide: ''Swain the painbringer'' or something close to that.


Anyways +1, maybe check my guide for an example of how you can make small changes to maybe increase you're build. Maybe if they get merged with all the best, we could have the PERFECT Swain off-tank build. And YES off-tank, Swain's job is to be an off-tank.

I really love your build,its just genius.This is the best swain guide ever made.i wish i could vote more then one time +1.nice job man.

The very first versions of the build didn't include any hp items at all and started off with an Amplifying Tome and a healing potion. It might not seem like much but the Doran's Ring at the start helps a ton and the Rod of Ages gives quite a lot of HP itself. I've come to notice that you don't really need more HP than this if your ultimate is strong enough to heal you throughout the fight. At the later stages of the game my ulti heals me for about 350-400 hp/s so the extra hp from Rod of Ages is just there to help against any nuking as the hp will replenish itself quite quickly =)

nice guide,but I didn't really see the survivability part of items you talked about at the beginning.
To me it seems more like you go just for ability power... and it's your choice.
I'd only go this much into AP if there was a good cc tank in my team...