Talk:Swain/@comment-117.204.131.251-20110117145330/@comment-174.57.25.48-20110123044854

So what if Vlad's takes two minutes to recharge? Much like Xin's ult, it's a great opening ability to use. If you have some AoE control on your team its even more deadly.

You think Swain's ult is better because it's CDR is shorter and it can potentially restore life better over time. Both of these factors are almost entirely irrelevant considering the threat of Vlad's ult will make teams play much more carefully even if you don't have someone like Kenny or Amu to CC a large group simultaneously. I'm sorry, if you don't understand how force multiplying your team's final damage numbers by more than 10% is important, I don't know what else to say. Make all of your team's abilities and attacks do more damage for five seconds then end in a nuke. Is that simple enough?

By comparison Swain's ult will hit three nearby targets (not necessarily even players) for 90+(AP*Zero point Two) damage a second. It's useful for farming and regaining HP from creep waves. Other than that, it deals weak damage and drains your mana bar like crazy. But he looks like a giant crow so people think it's a good ability.