Talk:Swain/@comment-96.233.44.238-20130322162253/@comment-4875928-20130327154620

Actually its not about the type of dmg that pro's dont pick him, since his dmg is practicly the same as Ryze's or Cassio's (since its sustained dmg).

The thing he is not picked is because he needs to many stat's and had uncapped mana costs. This means you cant build him with so high resistances like Ryze what makes him a little weaker vs high armor pen (while even with your heal when ignated still gives you similar effective HP), and that he need's shit loads of mana to mantain his ulti (and for example he cant practicly use Seraphs shield, while Ryze can easy).

Thoes are the problems why he isnt picked... If they capped his ulti costs and lets say made his heal from ulti into something like Nasus's or Renektons Ulti type health increase. This would make him a very strong Tier 1 pick at Pro tournaments.