User blog comment:Zambu/Useless passives/@comment-5514182-20130502012656/@comment-8468980-20130502064809

I'm not certain that Swain is totally balanced but his weaker passive is counterbalanced by having a great amount of CC, incredible sustain from ulti and a self damage buff from E. In short, his kit is great and he may not need a powerful passive due to this.