User blog comment:Gerudo74/Swain in Season 3?/@comment-5523473-20121125131634

I too love Swain man, and as nice in theory as those items seem on him, I don't think they will change anything too radically about Swain. Swain has awesome damage and sustain - but to use this he needs resistances and mana, hence RoA, Abyssal, Zhonya's core now. Swain's so incredibly mana hungry I don't see him being able to pick up both Deathfire and Liandry's (plus they semi fulfill the same purpose anyways) however, one change Swain will love is gonna be the new tear stacking mechanics and the upgrade to Seraph's Embrace.

Strong shield, massive mana and AP and incredibly fast tear stacking. His burdd is hungry. Rawr.