Talk:Swain/@comment-5275191-20120730120304/@comment-72.220.144.94-20120804001325

I personally take 21/0/9, magic pen reds, armor blues, magic resist yellows, movespeed quints.

I build him with boots pots, rush 2 dorans, then catalyst > ROA. Then it's Abyssal scepter and Frozen Heart, finishing Merc Treads when possible. Then, Rabadons and finish off with whatever defensive item is necessary. This leaves you with a very tanky Swain with a still strong damage output. Swain gets the most out of his damage in teamfights by surviving long enough to utilize his mana pool. This build accommodates that extremely well. Plus, the Frozen Heart synergizes with Swain extremely well, giving him more mana to spout out more ravens, more cooldown to spit out more slows and snares, as well as debuffing the entire enemy team.