Talk:Swain/@comment-68.109.110.108-20120523055412/@comment-4948122-20120523063113

Well,he's cooldowns arent that big,and with the upcoming items his mana regen wont be a problem at all,combine it with blue buff and you have infinite mana regen and max cdr.

Also he is a very durable champion,exceling in teamfight due to his tremendous heal gainst chapions and because of zhonya.

While he is really tanky for a mage,he can dish out a lot of damage,hes ratios are one of the best in the game,and if your good with aoe skillshots like his nevermore,your gona be a killing machine.If you wanna play him try it on pbe,see his skins,use him top or mid and if you like him,buy him!

Also runes should be:Magic penetration marks,flat armor seals,ability power per level glyphs and flat ap/movement speed/magic resist quintessences.For masteries 21/9 or 9/21 taking most of the times the magic pen masterie,but with the new item combined with frozen heart you gona have 40% cdr so its kinda wasted.For items:Boots of speed/pots for mid lane or doran ring against an easy lane like vlad.For top cloth armor/pots or boots/pots

Your gona want either a chalice of harmony agaianst heavy magic haras,glacial shroud againt heavy physical damage or catalyst for sustain.Then proceed to complete these 3 items.If the game goes on build either rabadon/zhonya/void staff depending on situation.Your finall build should look like this:Mercs/ionian boots,RoA,Zhonya,Rabadon,Frozen heart,Athene,Spirit visage/Abyssal/void staff.Give him a chance,he aint the grand general of noxus for nothing