Talk:Swain/@comment-90.178.217.144-20120422194049/@comment-4729118-20120424070803

Over Void staff yes, but just if you got Abyssal for 40 "MPen". Abyssal is a must have, like the Hourglass and Rabadons. Spell Vamp is a DO NOT TAKE because his ult (TESTED!) procs like AoE and has like 225 SV and ~20 more will not be noticable. SV is very bad on swain, never ever take it. I don't like Rylai's much, more for an endgame item if you dont have to be so tank vs something. However its totally aviable. The slow also is just 15% with Ult and DoT and your 3rd skill is a slow anyway (yea AoE AND DoT just do 15% slow).

Build him like this:


 * http://leaguecraft.com/builder/swain/?items=75,7,116,22,18,84&level=18


 * http://leaguecraft.com/builder/swain/?items=75,7,116,22,18,64&level=18

vs Trynda, Fiora or something like this, replace last item with Thornmail and you will be OP. Against Veigar, Malzahar, Force of Nature wont help as good as Guardian Angel. Just get FoN against 3 APs.