Talk:Swain/@comment-25014268-20140815232549/@comment-15244341-20140913233839

Olaf got olafed because when properly played (full tank, E max) he was absolutely unkillable while dealing a crapton of true damage. People saw his kit and went: Hey, lets go full AD! but high rankers knew that E max meant you were a trading god and basically had zero chances to lose your lane. So, 300 true damage by clicking a button on top of several thousand HP and 200+ resistances plus a permaslow made him really really dumb to play against.

Also, Swain has no chances of being nerfed. He has a really strong game against melee champions he can kite and poke but he is so item dependent and takes so long for him to be able to properly teamfight (RoA plus ZH at least) that he is pretty niche. He also has null waveclear unless he maxes Nevermove, which is pretty unreliable damage and the CC is really strong at level 1 on top of neverscaling (haha, jokes). You can only farm so much with Ravenous Flock before you get drained to half mana. He is really one of the truly few mana-gated champions in the game. The ult just drains you dry so quickly he will never be OP unless that cost is capped.

Also, if he is behind at all, enjoy being a squishy really low range mage in the middle of a teamfight. Just think of him like a Midgame Ap Yi: you get fed, you 3v1. You don't get fed, you get rekt.