Talk:Swain/@comment-1920011-20130402220938

Short range, sustain to survive in short range, massive scalings with E's 20% boost, longish cooldowns, soft cc. This guy is a short-range burst assassin. If you land a full EQW combo and 3 ticks of R, that's (80+90+70+60)*1.20 = 360% AP scaling on a 10s cooldown. Compare that to annie, whose RQE combo has 215 + 20/s% scaling on a 2min cooldown.

The question is whether you can deal with his faults: short range, mana intensive, poor waveclear, etc. I think the key in lane is to always all-in your opponent, especially in lane. If you and your lane opponent are on equal ground, you'll always come out on top when trading full combos. I'm going to test out MS quints and mobo boots now, since I always have trouble getting in range for a full combo.