One of Riot Games' balance team members has revealed the upcoming changes for a forgotten League of Legends champion - Swain. These changes will most likely be a part of patch 12.6.
League of Legends champion Swain has been in a very strange meta place for years now. Since his rework a couple of seasons ago, he kind of lost his identity and he's considered to be a support rather than a mid-lane mage which was his original role.
He still joins the meta from time to time but mostly in the bot lane where he takes the role of a hook support. A recent tweet by Riot Games Associate Game Designer by the name Truexy has revealed that Swain will undergo some significant changes in the foreseeable future:
- Ravenous Flock (passive) will no longer deal 20-105 (+30 per cent AP) magic damage
- Death's Hand (Q) - Cooldown will go down from 9-3 to 7-3 seconds; mana cost will get reduced from 65-85 to 50-70
- Demonic Ascension (R) - Cooldown will get lowered from 120 seconds flat to 120-80 scaling
This will allow swain to use his Death's Hand (Q) more often which will result in a smoother laning phase. All these changes should overall be considered as a mid-sized buff to both his mid or bot lane role.
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Fans have welcomed these buffs claiming that he is very mana hungry at the moment and lowering his mana costs as well as his cooldowns is certainly a step in the right direction for this champion.
