Talk:Swain/@comment-203.87.205.14-20110607011210/@comment-80.119.13.36-20110621110427

Rushing a tear of godess might be the reason why you are not effective with him. Try to get a doran ring first, max torment then 1 decrptify for the slow and nevermore as your 2nd skill. You can't fail vs ad carry if yo play like that early. Harrass only with torment and last hit for the mana, if he tries to rush back a little so your minions focus him: torment+decrptify+nevermore and an ignite and auto attack i don't see who could resist to that (Vayne is particularly fun to play against). Against ap carry, you are generally a lot more tankier than them, and the doran ring gives you extra health so unless they have an amazing cc like lb you are ok. Focus on last hitting and buy a heath crystal for catalyst (don't build tear of godess cause generally the ennemie ap will take something tha timprove his/her heath or ap and you will be outdmged in a fight). I take 9/21 with swain, and only buy a tear of godess if i see that i can't have the blue buff for myself all the time (and even if i build it id take the blue ofc); and i almost never build a DFG though im carrying most of the game with swain, for 2k gold id rather take some tanky items to stay in the batlle longer and hit 3 ennemies with my ult and nevermore.