Talk:Swain/@comment-83.53.32.106-20120329082921/@comment-69.141.8.150-20120402181031

get RoA

"You don't. Just learn to last hit. I just played him, it took very long before I got oom, and because I was doing very well in lane (something like 8 kills in 20 minutes), I could just farm minions to regen the mana each time"

Then your ap mid opponent went easy on you. A more competetive ap mid will try to zone you out to get a level advantage. To defend against this, you're going to have to trade hits. RoA plus his ult allows swain to sustain in lane much better than many other ap mids subsequently giving him better farm. Swain already has a slow and an snare, what he needs asap is a viable sustain item.