Talk:Swain/@comment-5077844-20141103224042/@comment-5077844-20141114160430

well, hjis waveclear isn't THAT great, but nevermove usually takes care of piled up creeps, and your ult isn't bad either. Unless the enemy is a maokai who sjut piles his creepwaves on top of you, I don't see many other toplaners who can push that much.

I mean, it even works in his favor. last hitting with aas is okay, and oyu don't wanna push anyways because ganks ruin your day.

Also, Swain mostly needs RoA and Zhonya's wwhich give him tnakstats already. Liandry's also works amazingly, Void Staff for more damage nad possibly smooth it off with a Spirit Visage or an AByssal. He gets sorta bulky jsut by his standard offensive build and shreds both tanks and squishies. he#s on of the few amges who can do without Rabadon's entirely and still ahve crazy damage and his ult-Zhonya's combo gives oyu a lot of free damage and sustain in a teamfight.

And mind oyu, I'm talking about his toplane performance, not mid. Swain mid is hardly a thing anymore because, as you said, high range wave clear mages dominate (and assasin's still are annoying to lane against).

That's why he is picked top as sort of a second Ryze...and this is where ti gets undfair that the range on his primary lockdown spell is so high, because once he gets ahead he's gonna murder you (and your jungler) everytime you try to get into exp range, simply because 900 range! He'x a closerange control mage,  not Xerath, that'S all I wanted to point out.