Talk:Swain/@comment-15562896-20120524231535/@comment-217.82.121.39-20120524234437

In my opinion, Swain has some pretty poor first levels since he can't really trade off at the very beginning. This may be until level 4/5 or so. After he hits 6, he just becomes a terrible midgame beast.

I would just try to harass him early on so he falls behind in cs and has to use his pots.

Later on, stealing enemy blue should hurt him most. And of course, Morellos active.

But overall, I think the only way to really win against him is not allowing him to make an impact on midgame since normally, he should try to snowball here. His late isn't really good since he doesn't really have that heavy burst like Brand or gamebreaking ult like Cassio. Just don't allow him to roam...

Ganking Swain can go terribly wrong, I've played & seen enough Swains going out of a 2on1 with a doublekill, especially under his own turret.

Long story short, try not to lose too hard vs thsi mid game beast. Imho he is really underplayed & underestimated. He outsustains nearly every AP mid. His E/Ignite ticks for an insane damage. QW allows him great ganks on other lanes for maximum snowballing.