Talk:Swain/@comment-24191440-20150226065611/@comment-24055932-20150226071751

Basically it's paper-rock-scissors with Swain. There are champions you can't do a shit agains and champions that can't do a shit against you. Bad thing for Swain is: Difficult champs scale with skill, Swain though needs a stupid enemy.

Swain vs. Karthus is basically a context for Karthus: Can you place your mines in a way that stops Swain from closing on to you? Or can he close the gap and burst you for 60% of your life? 2 of those mistakes, and you're dead for good. So even a champ Swain might counter in lower elo isn't necessarily a counter in high Elo.

But Swain vs. Yasuo is a totally lost cause - your only damage you'll ever hit (Q/E) can be deflected by the wind wall, the remaining damage sustained with his passive, and now all Yasuo has to do is close the gap - with as many E's as you want no task worth mentioning. Swain is imply bound to eat 3-4 hits, and that's it for him.

On the contrary, an almost automatically win is Swain vs. Vlad - your main damage (Q/E) bypasses Vlads pool, your combo outdamages his by far. Your mere presence zones a Vlad for a long time.