Talk:Swain/@comment-4929259-20120814031412/@comment-3477331-20120815203015

Fiora isn't forgiving. She has to be played quite offensively and therefore can't take much damage. She's somewhat like in that regard, but with better laning and teamfighting I would say. If you get caugth with her, you will die most likely, or wreck the enemy team if you're fed.

Swain is a bit more forgiven because he is a bit more tanky and has cc. But just like fiora, no escape (dash/blink, speed boost). If Swain gets out of control, he will, like fiora, wreck people.

Leona is a kill support. That means you will be in pretty bad shape if you don't get ahead early. Leona also doesn't have anything allowing her to escape bad situations easily. Your only ranged cc which helps you escape is your ult, so it's worse to get caught with leona than with Swain and Zyra I'd say. (You won't get tanky enough to just walk away with a support)

Zyra, well, huge aoe cc with her ult, good root on her e, has both sustained and burst damage. But she has no health sustain and is usually build more offensive than Swain. Her root is good for escape, bit easier to hit than swains. But I'd say Swain is better at getting away just because he is less fragile, based on his usual playstyle and kit.