Talk:Swain/@comment-3546228-20151021005149

So many people give him as an example of "sleeper OP" but honestly I don't get it. He's just a really solid B+ tanky mage. Kinda like Lissandra and Galio. Good in similar things (baiting agression, counter-engage) but in my opinion Swain will always be too much of a "jack of all trades". Can't really be a true tank (like Galio), can't bully all popular mid matchups and certainly can't dish out as much CC as Lissandra. He does, however, have pretty worthy level 2 cheese with Doran's Blade as a first item and Q>E and auto attacks. Will kill or force flash against any squishy mage.