Talk:Swain/@comment-213.5.202.156-20110811164248/@comment-139.130.57.34-20110813011437

Swain has better CC and is a better "controller" than malz for several reasons.

1. Swain's slow constantly reapplies and therefore cannot be cleansed or removed by any other ability and it is rooted to the spot where it is cast so it allows swain to kite his enemy around it. Other single application slows don't allow for this. This is why melee champs often get roflstomped by swain.

2. Swain's root is AOE and easier to land. Malz's silence from what I've seen has a longer delay before it triggers. And furthermore malz doesn't have the advantage of a slow to make landing his silence easier.

3. Malz ult is also a self-stun. While positioning can fix this somewhat, I'm sure any malz player experienced or not has seen why this isn't optimal in team fights.

Malz simply doens't compete in terms of CC. Sorry. What malz does excel at in comparison to Swain is raw damage.