Talk:Swain/@comment-3578129-20131011074541/@comment-4875928-20131014162111

Morde on picture is right

Swain's dmg is good/ specially with liandrys he will have one of the highest dps in game (and has rly huge dmg because of big ratios) so his 2-3 seconds dot's arent that much of a deal when you compare it to the time ahri, ori ect need to cast spells (its similar since swain has lower spell animation time) - so any buff to his dmg would rly start to make him more of a if he gets minimal advantage then he is a brick on a lane champ then he currently is.

His problems is the ignite in every game and much worse exhaust who reduces his tankyness and his dmg in the same time (lower ult dmg = less tankyness).

You would need to add also grevious wounds to it and since he is healer type he can be bursted faster then ryze - what is a problem (but on the other side if you dont burst him he can tank even more then ryze).

Second problem is that he rly needs blue buff (what often gets taken by enemy in LCS/WC), retarded mana requierments and he is highly item dependant (pro's dont rly pick such champions).

And 3rd the biggest problem is that he hasnt got any MS buff/dashes (even ori, ryze ect has it) this makes him slow and easy to kite when you add to it his medium range he starts to get some problems vs skilled enemies (specially thoes long range) - also you have to notice that pro's dont rly pick champs that have such high delay spells like his W to often (so it isnt his + point either).

If they would look at him and fixed 1-2 of this design flaws i bet with his dmg he would be picked by pro's just like ryze did (since ryze was a pretty safe pick till the changes), but now i only saw him on a pro tournament either in Korea or IEM NY where Fnatic season 2 stomped US (actually every eu team there stomped NA :D).