Swain.

[quote=Joshified]Personally, I love his lore and character in general, which is usually my biggest drive towards playing a champion strangely enough.. But, is he a good pick? I never ever see him in games, he is about as rare as heimerdinger to me, which frankly is not a good place for any champ to be in. I have run into a few though, which utterly destroy teamfights and skirmishes, while others are completely useless. I kind of.. Don't know what to think about him at all. So.... What do you lads think of him? C:[/quote]

[quote=Le Pro of d00m]Pretty underrated, if he gets to late game with a decent score he will be unkillable and his early game harras is pretty strong. Mana problems hurt him, if he goes for athenes then hes really squishy, rod and he runs into mana problems.[/quote]

[quote=Joshified]So.. He really doesn't have a build that compliments his playstyle so he struggles in comparison to some champs like Twisted fate who scale really well with particular items, like lich bane? Perhaps in season 4 they will make some changes to items which might fit him better? :3 I have heard RoA is the best way to build him.[/quote]

[quote=Lugignaf]He's strong but certainly underrated. If you get a single level ahead, you'll win easily unless you're bad. Rushing a DFG will give you a strong 40% damage amp to absolutely dominate anything that doesn't have some sort of barrier or heal. Overall, he's a strong pick and you might wanna learn him.[/quote]

[quote=drakon136]He's pretty good; fairly strong at all stages of the game. He just needs needs needs blue buff and isn't very mobile.[/quote]

[quote=Joshified]Ah.. Good point. Mobility is the FOTM right now. I'll give him a few games then C: DFG + Torment + Ignite would be crazy. I imagine he would build similar to Ahri then? FOr the bursty build?[/quote]

[quote=throatslasher]He has an amazing build; dorans, boots, rod of ages, sorc/merc treads, then you have options; -armguard / zhonyas (can leave at armguard if you don't need huge armor and/or stasis) -spirit visage (stacks RIDIC with your ult/spell vamp) -abyssal (need mr AND damage AND aura) -spell vamp (you're fed, it's pretty lulzy if they have no burst damage) I play swain often and poop stomp. I just don't think he's that much better than ahri.[/quote]

[quote=Joshified][quote=throatslasher] He has an amazing build; dorans, boots, rod of ages, sorc/merc treads, then you have options; -armguard / zhonyas (can leave at armguard if you don't need huge armor and/or stasis) -spirit visage (stacks RIDIC with your ult/spell vamp) -abyssal (need mr AND damage AND aura) -spell vamp (you're fed, it's pretty lulzy if they have no burst damage) I play swain often and poop stomp. I just don't think he's that much better than ahri. [/quote] Thanks for the suggestion C: I'll make to test out this too. Can he play top as well? I have seen it on some occasions and it seems as though he could punish some melee match ups.. Would you happen to know why we never see him in high level play? Is it because he is more of a solo queue champ? (Sorry for the question barrage ;_;)[/quote]

[quote=drakon136]He's fairly good top-lane. Also, he isn't picked much because the current meta seems to favor mobile assassins in mid-lane.[/quote]

[quote=Joshified]^ I was thinking so, thanks for the clarification C:[/quote]