Talk:Swain/@comment-24.47.58.40-20120912175722/@comment-58.172.169.27-20120914161211

WotA seems like it's good on Swain, and it is, but there are so many other items which provide greater benefits to him that it's really not that effective. Swain benefits greatly from RoA and AUG because of the mana/regen and tankiness those two provide. Deathfire is devastating on him because it provides him a nuke as opposed to a DoT (which is also amplified by his E). Zhonya's allows him to heal from enemies while being invulnerable. Rabadon's is core on any AP.

I would say the main reason why WotA's really not the best on Swain is the spellvamp he already naturally has from ult. It's already 75%. Where you have no spellvamp/healing, like Cass, and strong DoT spells, your healing is much more noticeable with a 20% increase; where you already have 75% healing, a 20% increase is much less noticeable.