Talk:Swain/@comment-4911476-20121105203059/@comment-4875928-20121107193955

Well i will ask you one thing.

What champs are you better with? Ziggs style, or Ryze style?

Well if your better with Ryze or at least more or less good with him, then you can pick Swain since their play style is similar.Swain has stronger early game, and is actually stronger 1 vs 1 then Ryze even in late game - Ryze has little better TF dmg and does not have mana problems like Swain, its also easy to push out on back of the lane most champ's mid lane with Swain since he has good dmg with Q+E and can early game really good gain mana back and after 6 you can heal easy. Unfortunetly his farming ability is decent at best (since i can mostly land my snare i max E then Q+W together). A hint, with Swain you have to be more mobile/agile on lane then with most champs (extra MS is not rly that hard needed) since his renge is medium and 50% or more champs mid have bigger one.

If your better with Ziggs, then pick Brand since he plays similar but has lower range (and bigger AoE dmg). Also you dont build full sqishy with Brand, since you mostly get Relays for him.

Team fighting with Swain is probably more difficult then with Brand, since you got to know how to balance with your range, that means try focus down their carry's and not be the one who tanks - namely be the 2nd line and not the 1st (tanks bruisers) or 3rd (squishy carrys).

But for this you get one nice thing that 95% of AP's dont have... Namely when you cast your combo (what is fast) you can try to bait enemy CC on you (works in 99% of cases ;) ) since even when your silenced, stunned ect you constant heal and deal dmg and probably have even the Zhonya active to protect you (and when there is a heavy TF dont be cheap on your mana go oom but deal constant dmg with your ulti, since if you will have it on, you will probably outdmg every other mage in LOL and its better to be oom after a TF then dead).

What champ is more dengerous when fed? Swain, since he is like WW or Jax his high heal and resists with Zhonya active that you build are just more effective when you have advantage then pure dmg (that's why ppl often cry about bruisers or tanky AP's).