Talk:Swain/@comment-76.232.104.26-20130117193234/@comment-178.166.24.118-20130118022256

Oh God... You don't buy RoA only for the mana. You buy it for the mix between damage and HP, essential on Swain due to his relatively low range. The only health your build gives is 300 HP from Liandry's. Considering Swain's base HP at lvl 18 is 1789 it means you're walking around with 2.3k HP at late game after you buy an elixir of fortitude. Trololol, free food for carries after your Zhonya's expires and someone ignites you.

Look, HP is the bread and butter of Season 3. The penetration changes made armor and magic resistance much less valuable than they used to be. That said, you're not Orianna. You're not Lux. As of now I have no doubt that RoA is better on Swain than two dozens of Athene's. Post nerf AUG gives you very little value for AP, and you didn't even have Rabadon's or MPen boots/Void Staff so your damage was stupidly low compared to what it should be for a 6-item Swain. Fed Irelia? Son, you have an ability which makes melee champions who engage you very sad. It's called Decrepify. So let your damn tank get the Frozen Heart and go buy a Rylai's so you can kite the living hell out of the fed Irelia. Forget about Athene's and get a RoA so that when the enemy team looks at you with both these items they don't see a squishy mage asking to get stomped, but rather a 3.5k HP badass bird who dives into the middle of the fight with ult and doesn't give a damn. Also, Merc Threads? Really? For what? You're a DoT mage! In a teamfight you'll still be dealing all your damage when CC'ed unlike a random Katarina or Evelynn. Duh...

I agree that Swain can go through at least 10 different items, all with great effect. But dat build son... No. It's not good enough for the Master Tactician.