User blog comment:Gerudo74/Swain in Season 3?/@comment-5787244-20121125045536

Awesome man! Another Swain fan! I mained Swain through most of my levels, I have sinced moved on to master other mids, but I still love nothing more than going back to a good ol Swain game. ? As far as his viability in Season 2, I don't think it has much to do with his lack of efficiency as it does his lack of early game power. ? I am lower elo, so a lot of people I play against in normals don't really know much about Swain so I can usually surprise them and win my lane quick. ? On the other hand, when playing with some of my high elo friends, I find that people know more about Swain and he lacks some early game damage that help to win lanes. ? In season two we saw a lot of early game dominance, thirty minutes was a long game, so Swain doesn't have much of a leg to stand on (no pun intended) in that kind of a meta, it was for snowballing early game champs. ? Games that last a little longer, Swain can be virtually indestructable, I have easily 1v3 and even 1v4'd with Swain when it came to later game and I was able to finish my build. ? I hope we see an increase in his use in season three, we need more love for the birdman!