Talk:Swain/@comment-5077844-20141103224042/@comment-8468980-20141109062605

possibly but he's already got a number of disadvantages that he must overcome to play top lane well. His waveclear is poor, even after 6 it's not particularly all that great. Swain's also got some tight itemizing requirements as well. He relies on strict resource management, needs some mitigation stats, and must have damage as well. He can't build tank and ignore ap items. He can't build AP and ignore hp and resists. On top of that uses a lot of mana to secure kills.