Talk:Swain/@comment-88.207.2.100-20120606195655/@comment-94.134.212.138-20120608053011

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Imo RoA and/or Rylais is a MUST HAVE on Swain. As u explained correctly his main damage are DoTs which means that he has to stay alive for a while to get the full damage potential off. His ult greatly helps him sustaining himself in fights but you need health to prevent bursts that kill u instantly. You cant use your dps helaing ult when u die in one second. So even when u dont do 5 million damage as all the other AP's and that in one second u will deal more damage eventually because u do it permanently.

So... RoA, Rylais, Abyssal, Hourglass (ur ult keeps going while ur in stasis afaik) and maybe a GA can help you to stay in the fight. The new item (Grail something) is also a great item on him since it gives u everything u need.