Talk:Swain/@comment-74.93.5.162-20110811085048/@comment-4238518-20110813022015

so to answer some of the responses, i mainly mid with swain, and i find the largest part of the stronger midders utilise skillshots so boots for dodging it(and pots incase they do hit). with his passive and mana regen seals i find that unless i overspam mana comsumption isnt a huge issue early game. regarding nevermove: the vast majority of midders greatly outrange most of swains arsenal, so against say an anivia, i can either choose to root her with nevermove and then get some damage in or i can just let her pound at me from range with flash frost untill she gets lucky and hits me for whatever reason, so the way i see its either reduced damage from a bad combo or no damage at all. regarding the tear: as i stated earlier, its mostly a luxury if were ahead and not in any immediate danger, its true his ult will drain mana like a bitch but a bigger manapool could still mean it would stay on for just a few more precious seconds or an extended teamfight. also i have never played a ranked game, but i immagine that when i do my first ranked guy would be swain.