I am liking the Spirit Visage addition, but i rather like to max both decrepify and torment at the same time as I spam them all over the joint. In combat though I usually start with a torment as my basic attacks do more damage then... plus its usually enough to scare them off.
You really don't need to have more than one Archangels Staff especially since the special doesn't stack. go for more mana & mana regen on other items that have other abilities. Hell even Rod of Ages or something.

I don't see the point of having Rylai's on swain since you already have a slow and snare.

And with 3 Archangels you start out with 45AP, 400M, 25MP5s. Now that x3 = 135AP, 1200M, 75MP5s. And its UNIQUE Passive, "Each time your Champion uses an Ability their Maximum Mana will increase by 4 Mana. This effect has a 3 second cooldown. Bonus caps at 1000 mana."

now that is 4200M when the cap is reached. 3% of that is converted into AP (126AP from just the archangels mana boost) now that is 261AP that + zhonya's ring at 120AP = 381AP and The rings other effect gives you 25% more AP. so we end up at 476,25AP And you still have some mana without the items so that number is actually higher.

And as stated before I like that extra slow when helping my team mates get a kill. It's also handy for escaping. But if that is not your style, then you could go with maxing out torment first. (I'll add that to my discription to avoid futher comments on the subject.)

Thank you all, for your replys though.
Good luck out there.

I am sorry but this really is not maxing survivability on swain. SV does give you some nice addition to your heals but not enough. it is also an item that should probably be replaced end game(I would suggest by Rhylias Rod).

If you want a maxed survivability on swain wait till i come out with my new build I am creating for him.

This build seems alright but i disagree with stacking that many archangels. I love swain and with enough ability power and health he gets from certain items as well as a slow with rylai's you can out run or chase down anyone. Also don't like the maxing Decrepify first. I tried it and went negative three times =/ sorry gonna have to -1

jj hybrid swain could be great

I think anyone who thinks this is a good build should try my Hybrid swain build instead. More damage and better support through rylai's.

I think that it is a Great build (+1), you're never out of mana and you can survive with the Spirit Visage easily and lots of ability power.

@Vertinrate, I like to max decrepify to get that extra slow. When you're helping the outer lanes with ganks near towers it can be the difference between a kill and no kill at all.

But if you are just focusing on solo fights, it'd be wiser to use torment as many others suggest. I' like to go for team kills though.

@Political Squid, Didn't notice I had the wrong kind of mana regen runes. Thank you for pointing that out. I've updated it.

While I do think that Decrepify first isn't the best of ideas, I've had similar thoughts about a build like yours, bumping mana regen first. My thing is, wouldn't mp5/lvl be better, since when you need the massive mana regen is late game? Plus, mp5/lvl passes up flat mp5 at level 5, and you don't even have your ult then. Otherwise, good.

getting decrepify topped first = total fail

1.Do you know what constructive criticism is? You should look it up.

2.What would be the point of trying builds on bots?

3.And you can play quite a few games in half a day. And if you don't try it out yourself you shouldn't really say much.

But what I can say, is this. This is what worked best for me, out of all the times I played him.

How do ya know to write a guide with an hero out for what, half a day? Ya tested it on...? Bots?
And if ya would have experience... stacking AE is some kinda great...
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"...Be afraid of dying..." Yep, thats the only thing i can agree with this. -1