Talk:Swain/@comment-6664150-20131128020804/@comment-15244341-20131130100542

I don't know about that. Swain is really squishy early on. The extra health from the item sounds good, but I doubt it will save him from a two person all in (Leona+Corki, for example). He is also really bad against poke champions.

And teamfights will be really really bad. Swain needs a lot of gold before he gets rolling and his CC is good but not great. This means he has to CC and can't go in or use ult because lack of health or mana to survive in a teamfight.

Or that iss how it sounds like. Maybe it works for you. Playing is likely the only way to figure it out, but since he is so farm/gold dependant I'd say it is a bit worse than going top (which already is harsh on his mana costs).