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Swain?

Creator: Aeacus11 December 15, 2011 7:45pm
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Hey guys,

Just played a few games with Swain on a friends account. I like never see that dude in games. But I had a blast playing him. That DoT is pretty insane! His ulti is great sustain, and while I had serious mana problems early, I think with mana regen runes and masteries (low level account i played on) it wouldnt be too brutal.

But is there a reason I don't see him...EVER? He seems to be a really solid mid. Any thoughts on Swain are appreciated (i've spent FOREVER trying to find ONE champ I fell in love with - this is the closest i have come!)
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He's still fairly good, he just fell out of popularity around the time he was nerfed.

Also, get your jungler to give you blue buff, it's great on Swain.
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I find that Swain can be quite random, You can either do real good with him and carry a game or do horribly and feed everybody. I guess it just depends on which team comp you're up against, or its just my inability to play him :P
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Swain is good, but a lot of it has to do with your positioning. You must also be careful as any heal debuff wrecks you if you get focused.
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He's good. Just not as popular as other AP casters right now. His time will come.

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Swain is totally underrated. Hardly played (due to the nerf) but if he gets fed early game in the middle, there's really no stopping him (besides ignite haha).. keep playing him. If you like him, master him, and you'll be unstoppable.
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I see Swain about 50% of my games, hes such a strong counter pick to send up top.
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Hey you're right, I stopped seeing Swain so long ago. I guess the nerf hit him too much. I figure because there are more damaging AP casters out there, LeBlanc comes to mind. Keep playing and see how your wins go. You might face team that'll show you his disadvantages.

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Swain's AP but no "FACE! - BOOM" caster...

Guess many ppl get demotivated by the fact that they have to "dive" sometimes with a slow fragile caster, while not instant-kill at least one target.

Maybe ppl take it for granted to play a tank-caster but not a caster-tank.

Huehuehue that's so in-depth


Viktor could change that, though.
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Well, I still like him.
Thanks to MissMaw!

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