Talk:Swain/@comment-5259099-20140306105220/@comment-24717332-20140321191302

Do not rush DFG on Swain.. please... maybe after RoA and Zhonyas but not before those. The health and mana pool from RoA are essential for Swain be able to dive into fights and survive. Zhonyas is also critical, if you turn on your ult and then use Zhonyas you sitll send birds out healing while invulnerable. Thse two items are the most important in Swain's kit, his goal is to burst one target, dish damage out consistently, take aggro and then survive.

Swain is the bug that you think you can kill but you can't. He's the guy you don't think will one-burst you, but he will one-burst you. That's part of the beauty of his DoTs, people underestimate your damage and get surprised when you kill them.

(I'm a plat1 player with like 300 ranked and probably 300 more unranked Swain games, I'm glad he's finally getting popular)