Talk:Swain/@comment-3578129-20131011074541/@comment-15244341-20131020122607

The only way of dealing with long range champions as Swain is farming up and not giving kills, smart (as in smart as heck) use of W and ganks. With the damage output and/or CC of the jungler, Swain can easily get kills off a solid gank. But that's mostly an outside factor, so yeah, dance dance little bird and try and farm it up.

Also, on the Zhonya thing. It is not Swain's first item unless you are going Tear (ugh). By the time I have it, lane fase is normally almost over.