Swain/Strategy

== Strategy ==

Skill Usage

 * Around level 4, you will have gained 's full combo. and  followed by  followed by some basic attacks will devastate your enemies.
 * Due to, combined with , can stay in a lane for a very long time.
 * While laning, try to gauge the strength of your opponents to determine the right balance of aggression with . If they're stronger, it might be more beneficial to stay back and cast or.
 * The best combo for is, ,,. This combo is especially effective against melee champions near creeps, because you gain health from the creeps while you engage the enemy champion. This drains your mana quickly however, so make sure to buy some mana items to fuel your combo.
 * For utility purposes, followed by  makes for a nearly guaranteed root. The time taken to cast  can cost you your disables, so choose based on the situation.
 * By itself is decent harassment at a low cost. At an early level, you can take off 2-3 bars of health at a time using  followed by autoattacks.

Build Usage

 * and can provide extra burst damage due to the 20% damage increase from.
 * is a cost-effective way to boost 's self-healing from, while giving him health and magic resistance needed to stay safely in range.
 * As almost all of 's skills rely on positioning, can be invaluable to keep foes in range of  and, and ensure landing.
 * works through 's active, allowing to use it for up to 6 ticks' worth of damage and healing.