Talk:Swain/@comment-74.220.233.54-20120314182709/@comment-4843765-20120315070454

Spirit Visage is a waste of a slot. You should just build offensive/tanky-AP items. As to the above build, building mana-heavy items on Swain is, frankly, not the most cost-efficient. As Swain you should basically monopolize Blue Buff because Blue will solve most of your mana problems (obviously won't allow you to keep Ravenous Flock on 24/7). If you do this you can prioritize gold for better AP items like Deathcap, Rylai and Zhonyas. An AA is fine as a sixth item but I could still think of better items. I know a lot of Swain users like RoA but I personally skip it in lieu of an early Deathcap. The extra mana granted by a RoA isn't much and is largely inconsequential if you have Blue. Oh, Chalice is pretty much crap unless you are stacking other mana regen items.