Talk:Swain/@comment-4499945-20120318213012/@comment-70.172.207.144-20120319045014

One of the best 1v1 mages in the game. He is damage-over-time, so you can burst all three of your spells, maybe ignite, and then walk away to the sweet sound of the announcer praising your kill. His ult is diabolical, sucking health out of the pain of his enemies AND it procs Rylai's slow effect. Because two of his 3 spells are single target, he has some trouble in team fights. Throwing up your ult helps somewhat, but two decent champs can easily out-burst your health regen. His basic attack damage is crap, but it gets up to about 1 attack speed by level 18. Also, he is essentially shut down my ignite or exhaust.