Talk:Swain/@comment-3486816-20110601082630/@comment-64.229.36.69-20110601173003

The auto-attacks shouldn't be coming into play until after he's busted his load of spells, or even possibly then. His slow/snare isn't frequent enough to allow him to chase with auto-attacks, so at most the number of procs you'll get from malady is minimal. It also doesn't affect your initial burst at all since you should drop all your spells before getting off more than maybe one auto.

In the end, you'd be better off building an item that gives proper AP or other misc. benefits. Rylai's, RoA, Deathcap, etc. Not to mention that "combo" isn't particularly impressive; DFG with 400 AP and Torment active already deals 52%.