Talk:Swain/@comment-74.93.5.162-20110811085048/@comment-139.130.57.34-20110813012156

Ummm... yeah sorry. Doran's ring not just because of AP but you need health and the mana regen. Yes the passive helps already, but you need to harass constantly and dorans allows you to do that. If you really don't want to get dorans, get mana crystal instead. Boots is bad for the purpose you described. I'd only ever get boots if you're going up against another skill shot champion and need the mobility to avoid said spells. NeverMOVE also isn't a "CC then close in and damage" kind of spell, not during laning (afterwards it can be that for team utility. To optimise damage, nevermove is in fact your last spell. Swain's spell combo is Torment - Laserbird - Nevermove. You simple won't be dealing enough damage with any other combo. Feel free to use laserbird first if you really have trouble landing nevermove or the other guy has a lot of mobility, but if you're going to do that quickly cast torment in between to get the damage bonus from that spell.

Yours truly a ranked Swain player.