Talk:Anivia/@comment-25325968-20150921051243/@comment-5955640-20151007021945

Swain has a very strong zone when his ult is up.

Without it Swain has a very simple system of dealing damage. Wait for his Nevermore to snare someone.

Without it most mages out range him in harass. Anivia has a very safe range to harass and CC people and even then there's the security of blocking their escape with a wall.

On top of that Anivia can move away from her ult to a certain degree and let it do it's work without her being in danger.

Basically. When Swain's ult is up he has the better zoning control and against melee and mid ranges he's a very hellish opponent to face.

Anivia is always consisently zoning you with a geuinely long range spell that stuns and slows, a large AOE that slows everything in it's path. And then a wall that just blocks you or traps you entirely.

They really aren't the same to be honest. Swain is supposed to be an AP tank. He gets to the point to where just standing in a fight is him killing you. Anivia is more about making it to where you can't touch her and you can't escape and if you risk it all to kill her she just eggs on you.