Talk:Swain/@comment-33172118-20180503190340/@comment-25075290-20180504045717

With this patch and the upcoming ADC changes, Riot are trying to open up bot lane to Mages. If you find Swain so unreliable to be lackluster as a mid laner but still want him to play as a carry, you could try bringing him there. He has great synergy with CC supports, not a lot of burst as you said but very good sustained damage, and can sustain himself through the laning phase. Also having a support with you means that not only you'll be aided against ranged and mobile enemies, but you'll also be allowed to forget that for something like a. W will also be more useful there than in mid lane for sure unless you want to get some easy assists with it.

Note that everything said here can apply pretty much to any other Mage that has trouble early game against other casters and/or doesn't have enough ganking potential to justify playing them mid. Brand immediately comes to mind.