Talk:Swain/@comment-33172118-20180503190340/@comment-24971427-20180504022726

In lower elos, he works well as an AP Juggernaut. If he can get close to enemies and can get ahead, he'll melt the enemy team.

W can be used to check bushes or delay enemy recalls, it can also force your enemies to evade in a predictable pattern for you to hit E or combo both spells for lots of damage. In a teamfight, it'll force the enemy team to scatter.

Q early ranks, I can agree it's completely shit. Swain's just incredibly weak early game, but I find that okay. As mid game comes around, his Q will go through minions and poke the opponent for chunks of their health on a low-cooldown.

Provided he Qs the minion wave once first, which as the opponent, you will have to watch out for.

E is hard to land, I'll admit that. But's just how it is. I don't mind it as it gives Swain incredible zoning with the massive Q and W hitbox, with E just adding on the pressure. It also punishes opponents really hard if you do land it.

Like a Darius pull.

And finally, his ult. Yeah, uh. It takes a really long time to explode. I recommend hitting your combos, using Rylai's, and then a Hextech Protobelt to their face.

If the enemy team collapses on you, I recommend ulting with W under you so you can take all their soul fragments or some huge sustain. Then you can blow them all up with your ult later.

Swain isn't bad, just weak early game and basically an AP version of Darius. He would be easily countered, but he has the luxury of building Rylai's Protobelt and Zhonya's to help fix his issues.