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overt
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States9006 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-23 03:57:34
March 23 2012 03:56 GMT
#1061
I don't think Swain will be fotm honestly. He doesn't like destroy anyone mid, most solo top players shy away from APs and prefer tanky AD bruisers, and he doesn't have cool leaps like Ahri, Kennen, or Kassadin. This also leads to him being one of the least played champions (he's routinely like in the bottom 20 or so played champs) which means that Riot never releases new skins for him. Which makes me sad because Swain is awesome and deserves a new skin.
Two_DoWn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States13684 Posts
March 23 2012 03:57 GMT
#1062
uuugh. Swain FOTM would be TERRIBLE. Good ones are already hard enough to come by, but when you get them they run shit and NEVER die.

And the bad ones are fucking BAD and die in 2 seconds. I'd be like the Akali FOTM all over again, only instead running into the same "it doesnt matter if akali is bad and 0-5 in lane, she just goes into teamfight gets 5 kills and builds a gunblade and wins" it'll be "swain is bad and 0-5 and just dies."
"What is the air speed velocity of an unladen courier?" "Dire or Radiant?"
Juicyfruit
Profile Joined May 2008
Canada5484 Posts
March 23 2012 04:08 GMT
#1063
On March 23 2012 12:56 overt wrote:
I don't think Swain will be fotm honestly. He doesn't like destroy anyone mid, most solo top players shy away from APs and prefer tanky AD bruisers, and he doesn't have cool leaps like Ahri, Kennen, or Kassadin. This also leads to him being one of the least played champions (he's routinely like in the bottom 20 or so played champs) which means that Riot never releases new skins for him. Which makes me sad because Swain is awesome and deserves a new skin.


It's k because he's got one of the best release skins imo.
ManyCookies
Profile Joined December 2010
1164 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-23 04:17:24
March 23 2012 04:15 GMT
#1064
He doesn't like destroy anyone mid



Hoooh man, you do not want to see the utter backdooring Swain vs Karthus/Annie/Kassadin/Ryze is. And anyone he gets an upper hand on (whether through a mistake or jungle gank). Once Swain gets a level or gold advantage, his opponent is pretty much done without help. There's just no way to straight up trade with him.


Craton
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States17294 Posts
March 23 2012 04:15 GMT
#1065
If blue buff was nerfed because of the major abusers, it makes no sense to buff their ult mana costs. If you end up with an offsetting change, it's not a nerf at all.
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obesechicken13
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10467 Posts
March 23 2012 04:18 GMT
#1066
On March 23 2012 13:15 Craton wrote:
If blue buff was nerfed because of the major abusers, it makes no sense to buff their ult mana costs. If you end up with an offsetting change, it's not a nerf at all.

It makes blue less important.
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overt
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States9006 Posts
March 23 2012 04:19 GMT
#1067
On March 23 2012 13:15 ManyCookies wrote:
Show nested quote +
He doesn't like destroy anyone mid



Hoooh man, you do not want to see the utter backdooring Swain vs Karthus/Annie/Kassadin/Ryze is. And anyone he gets an upper hand on (whether through a mistake or jungle gank). Once Swain gets a level or gold advantage, the other Mid is pretty much done without help.


I don't think he's bad mid. But he doesn't like crush people mid or out push people like Cass or Morg.

And about the blue buff changes, I don't think they had Anivia/Swain in mind when they nerfed it. They just didn't want it to give champions infinite mana late game. It's not like Anivia or Swain were super common picks at the pro level anyways. Morello even said that they feel the blue buff changes was unfair to them and so they were looking at their toggle ults. It still has a purpose because it means champions like Cass can't just spam shit with blue late game. I don't think the nerf was at all targeted at the champions it hurt the most (i.e., Swain/Anivia).
barbsq
Profile Joined November 2009
United States5348 Posts
March 23 2012 04:20 GMT
#1068
On March 23 2012 12:40 overt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 23 2012 07:01 petered wrote:
On March 23 2012 06:47 overt wrote:
On March 23 2012 05:56 Dandel Ion wrote:
It's not that bad.
People just need to use their brain even with blue now. How shocking.


Pre-nerf you could still run oom on Swain in teamfights. Not being able to have ult up on him means you can't tank. It's not an issue of "use brain" his entire teamfight strength relies on his ult.


I think they need to be careful because Swain is a pretty dominant top laner already. I don't like him mid, as I stated in the swain thread, but his top lane vs melees doesn't even require you to use ult all that often. It is just so hard to put down damage on him when he has a 20% slow for 3s on an 8s cooldown (that is at one level in q only), not to mention a 2 second stun that isn't all that hard to hit.


Very likely that whatever Anivia/Swain buffs they give to their ults will just be to compensate for the blue buff nerf. So it'll probably be incredibly minor. Really stupid though how many people were like, "nah it's cool they're still strong." Of course they're both still strong but the blue buff nerf hurt those two champions more than it hurt any other APs so it makes sense that they get some kind of reduced mana cost on their ults to make up for it. Of course, it should definitely be minor but I don't think Riot is going to over due it.

Also I wouldn't mind a Swain fotm. Maybe it'd get more people to play him so that Riot would release a new Swain skin.


i'm of the opinion anivia was insanely overpowered tho, and still is. TBH i'd be happy to see further nerfs on her, just glad hardly any1 plays her, kus she's easily one of the most frustrating champs to play against post-laning.
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ManyCookies
Profile Joined December 2010
1164 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-23 04:30:44
March 23 2012 04:24 GMT
#1069
Swain doesn't use Blue Buff to stay in lane indefinitely. Well actually he does do that, but no more abusively than other mids. The thing is that he also needs Blue for teamfights. He *can* work without it, but he only gets in 2-3 rounds of pokes/trades before he goes OoM, even with proper Ult management. Which means, as an off-tank, he has to disengage and wait a few seconds if he wants to trade another round. Which is kinda hard when you should be at the front line. This is the problem Riot should work on; Blue buff should be an aid, not an absolute essential for Swain (and Anivia). Likewise, blue buff should not be a binary switch between "I'm useful for the first 5 seconds, after that good luck!" and "I am invincible, I will singlehandedly win this teamfight if you don't immediately focus me. Nah just kidding, Hourglass".
Perplex
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1693 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-23 04:29:35
March 23 2012 04:28 GMT
#1070
On March 23 2012 09:53 Bezelheim wrote:
Who would you guys run top and jungle in a poke/disengage comp? I was thinking Nidalee mid, Corki bot with Janna, but no clue who to run in the other two places.


Nidalee would probably be better suited top, and trundle would be a fantastic choice for the jungle. Mid is a little more tricky. On paper Lux would do really really well in this type of comp, but it's hard to justify picking her because she hits a wall so early. Other viable "poke" mids include gragas, xerath, TF, and possibly ziggs.
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overt
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States9006 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-23 04:30:16
March 23 2012 04:30 GMT
#1071
I think the blue buff nerf was primarily targetted at champions like Ahri, Ziggs, Cass, and practically every other AP mid that builds zero mana items and come late game they never run oom with blue. While Anivia or Swain absolutely have to build mana items and even with blue run oom anyways. So it seems perfectly reasonable to me that they have some sort of compensation. As in, they have a slight reduction in the mana upkeep on their ults. I would honestly be surprised if it's anything more than 5 mana per second and hopefully the nerf means that other APs either need to build some sort of mana or they have to be more careful with mana management late game.
cLutZ
Profile Joined November 2010
United States19574 Posts
March 23 2012 04:30 GMT
#1072
On March 23 2012 13:20 barbsq wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 23 2012 12:40 overt wrote:
On March 23 2012 07:01 petered wrote:
On March 23 2012 06:47 overt wrote:
On March 23 2012 05:56 Dandel Ion wrote:
It's not that bad.
People just need to use their brain even with blue now. How shocking.


Pre-nerf you could still run oom on Swain in teamfights. Not being able to have ult up on him means you can't tank. It's not an issue of "use brain" his entire teamfight strength relies on his ult.


I think they need to be careful because Swain is a pretty dominant top laner already. I don't like him mid, as I stated in the swain thread, but his top lane vs melees doesn't even require you to use ult all that often. It is just so hard to put down damage on him when he has a 20% slow for 3s on an 8s cooldown (that is at one level in q only), not to mention a 2 second stun that isn't all that hard to hit.


Very likely that whatever Anivia/Swain buffs they give to their ults will just be to compensate for the blue buff nerf. So it'll probably be incredibly minor. Really stupid though how many people were like, "nah it's cool they're still strong." Of course they're both still strong but the blue buff nerf hurt those two champions more than it hurt any other APs so it makes sense that they get some kind of reduced mana cost on their ults to make up for it. Of course, it should definitely be minor but I don't think Riot is going to over due it.

Also I wouldn't mind a Swain fotm. Maybe it'd get more people to play him so that Riot would release a new Swain skin.


i'm of the opinion anivia was insanely overpowered tho, and still is. TBH i'd be happy to see further nerfs on her, just glad hardly any1 plays her, kus she's easily one of the most frustrating champs to play against post-laning.


Not OP, just annOyP. Frustrating b/c of slow + minion slaying. The egg is also dumb.

As a rule I don't like those long CD abilities, even summoners seem stupid at times.
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anmolsinghmzn2009
Profile Joined June 2011
India1783 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-23 04:37:15
March 23 2012 04:36 GMT
#1073
kinda off-topic but running a double wota comp with ryze + swain is overpowered as hell.
Dunk first. Ask questions while dunking.
Perplex
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1693 Posts
March 23 2012 04:37 GMT
#1074
On March 23 2012 13:36 anmolsinghmzn2009 wrote:
kinda off-topic but running a double wota comp with ryze and swain is stupidly overpowered as hell.


Welcome to double wota in general
http://www.lolking.net/summoner/na/24238059
ManyCookies
Profile Joined December 2010
1164 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-23 04:54:59
March 23 2012 04:40 GMT
#1075
I think a good buff for Swain would be to reduce the CD on his Bird Form, maybe with level scaling (i.e 10/8/6) You'd still have to manage your Bird Form properly, which I think Riot wants to keep, but the sitting duck period would be a lot shorter.

As an aside, how on earth was Swain not considered overpowered before his Bird Form nerf? I can't comprehend losing with a Swain that heals as much on minions as champions and doesn't abate by Exhaust.


On paper Lux would do really really well in this type of comp, but it's hard to justify picking her because she hits a wall so early.


What do you mean by that?
anmolsinghmzn2009
Profile Joined June 2011
India1783 Posts
March 23 2012 04:42 GMT
#1076
On March 23 2012 13:37 Perplex wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 23 2012 13:36 anmolsinghmzn2009 wrote:
kinda off-topic but running a double wota comp with ryze and swain is stupidly overpowered as hell.


Welcome to double wota in general


Except both swain and ryze have ults that heal them anyways so having them both in your teamcomp basically makes it a TRIPLE wota or some shit.
Dunk first. Ask questions while dunking.
ManyCookies
Profile Joined December 2010
1164 Posts
March 23 2012 04:50 GMT
#1077
How does Ryze's Ultimate treat spell vamp anyway? Does it consider Overload/Rune Prison an AoE spell, hence applying 33% healing? Or does it still treat it as single target, healing for full off everything?
overt
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States9006 Posts
March 23 2012 04:56 GMT
#1078
On March 23 2012 13:40 ManyCookies wrote:
As an aside, how on earth was Swain not considered overpowered before his Bird Form nerf? I can't comprehend losing with a Swain that heals as much on minions as champions and doesn't abate by Exhaust.


He was op. HotshotGG ran him with great success in tournies and in scrims prior to the nerf. It wasn't that he wasn't op though, it's just that Swain has never been that popular of a champion.
sob3k
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States7572 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-23 04:57:56
March 23 2012 04:57 GMT
#1079
On March 23 2012 13:50 ManyCookies wrote:
How does Ryze's Ultimate treat spell vamp anyway? Does it consider Overload/Rune Prison an AoE spell, hence applying 33% healing? Or does it still treat it as single target, healing for full off everything?


yes they are treated as AOE with R on

Also LOL is totally fucked right now with lag
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Craton
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States17294 Posts
March 23 2012 04:57 GMT
#1080
Pretty sure it functions as normal.
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