Talk:Swain/@comment-15562896-20120601195557/@comment-2.122.237.101-20120604155551

Cassi is about the closest thing you'll find to a hard counter to Swain. Fizz is strong against him too, but with a defensive playstyle you can get past him easily enough - Fizz's issue is he has to get in close to hurt you, which is where you thrive. He'll charge in, sure, but so long as you haven't cast your W yet, he can't pole.

E and R is enough to outdamage his empowered auto-attacks; you can throw your Q as well if you wish. Once he poles, you then drop your W on him and then just walk around outside his range for a while.

So long as your mana pool is big enough to sustain bird form that long, he'll either die or have to back off on low health. You win the exchange, and get to farm some more.