Talk:Swain/@comment-93.99.63.250-20110804103855

Im surprised a lot of people (including all the official strategies) play swain completely different. I have usually score around 3:1:3 K:D:A ratio so I think I play him well. Well my recipe is take ignite and clarity and go whatever lane u like(except Solo after recent patches). Max E first then W then Q but get all of em at lvl 3. Harras with ur E (its pretty easy) then snare, come close EQ ignite. At lvl 4 or 5 it usually means first kill. Get Mejai/Shoes first. I always pick mejai, since I know I will have the stacks. At lvl 6 u do the same thing (ignite ready or not) snare, E, W bird and try to kill, once ur low on mana, they (if good players) will try to finish u knowing ure uselles and u use ure clarity to melt faces. Or if bad players they either dead (since they're bad) or too hurt so they retreat - means lvl advantage. Ur passive should refill mana and harras again until clarity/ignite ready. Mid game late game u'll be so stacked u do insane damage (its pretty important to knwo how big dmg your DoT do, so u can retreat and still be sure u'll get that kill. Item order is Doran, Mejai/Shoes, Rylai, Raba, and Spirit Visage/Hourglass, depending on how bursty their team is (if bursty - Hourglass first)