Talk:Swain/@comment-24086627-20131208230535/@comment-8468980-20131214194453

"If you're really spamming your skills, buy a Chalice and you'll never even need a blue buff."

You don't need to spam skills to run low quickly on Swain, he's got high mana costs on several normal abilities, his ult depletes it VERY quickly, and he's susceptible to shoving a lane. Buy an early chalice and you hold off on buying RoA which is far more useful to Swain.

"Akumaryukendan dont know from where you took the "nor does he scale extremely well into late game like ryze..." when he can solo full build ryze without a problem (even when ignited) Swain just out sustains him. Everyone knows that he is a late game excellent duel champ"

Swain's spells are short ranged and unlike late game AP carries his team fight presence is more of an ap bruiser than. Also, Ryze will beat him handily. Any Ryze player is going to build revolver at some point and will simply out sustain Swain in a duel due to higher single target sustained damage. Swain has little burst and Ryze has better magic dps, GG.