SWAIN
Mid-scope update, all abilities adjusted.
The Grand General is back and grander than ever. Swain has certainly made a name for himself in bot lane since his last mini rework, but as the commander of the Noxian front lines, he should also be one to strike fear in his solo lane enemies’ hearts. The goal for this midscope update was thus to revive his fantasy as a master strategist and dark, demonic diplomat, rather than someone who must rely on others to execute his plans.
In addition to mana buffs across all his abilities, of note are some changes to his crowd control capabilities. Swain can no longer pull enemies CC’d by allies, but his E now lets him pull everyone he snares, making him all the more terrifying in bottlenecks and narrow corridors. Together, these changes should help Swain players in all roles feel like the ruthless yet tactical ruler he is—especially when he unleashes Demonic Ascension, which now lasts for as long as Swain can sustain himself with his enemies’ souls. Sacrifices must be made.
PASSIVE – RAVENOUS FLOCK
HEALING FROM SOUL FRAGMENTS 4/5.5/7% of maximum health ⇒ 4/5.5/7%/9% of maximum health (at levels 1/6/11)
MAXIMUM HEALTH INCREASE PER SOUL FRAGMENT 5 ⇒ 12
REMOVEDPULL-E MECHANISMS Swain can no longer use Passive – Ravenous Flock to pull and rip out Soul Fragments from immobilized enemies (see E – Nevermove)
Q – DEATH’S HAND
DAMAGE 55/75/95/115/135 (+40% AP) ⇒ 60/80/100/120/140 (+38% AP)
BONUS DAMAGE PER ADDITIONAL BOLT 8.25/15/23.75/34.5/47.25 (+6/8/10/12/14% AP) ⇒ 12/22/32/42/52 (+8% AP)
MAXIMUM DAMAGE (5 BOLTS) 88/135/190/253/324 (+64/72/80/88/96% AP) ⇒ 108/168/228/288/348 (+70% AP)
COOLDOWN 9/7.5/6/4.5/3 seconds ⇒ 7/6/5/4/3 seconds
MANA COST 65/70/75/80/85 ⇒ 45/50/55/60/65
W – VISION OF EMPIRE
MANA COST 70/80/90/100/110 ⇒ 60/65/70/75/80
NEWVANTAGE ADVANTAGE Pinging W – Vision of Empire nows display a list of visible enemies within range in team chat (similar to Twisted Fate and Nocturne ults)
E – NEVERMOVE
NEWPITIFUL PAWNS Can now be recast to pull all champions rooted by E – Nevermove, ripping out 1 Soul Fragment from each of them
REMOVEDSILENT SACRIFICES Swain’s pulls no longer deal damage
NEWA TRUE VISIONARY Now grants vision of all rooted targets
NEWDEMON DISCOUNT E – Nevermove‘s cooldown is reduced by 20% during R – Demonic Ascension
R – DEMONIC ASCENSION
COOLDOWN 120 seconds ⇒ 100/80/60 seconds
DRAIN DAMAGE PER SECOND 35/50/65 (+14% AP) ⇒ 20/40/60 (+10% AP)
DRAIN HEAL PER SECOND 20/35/40 (+16% AP) ⇒ 15/40/65 (+25%)
REMOVEDBIG BIRB No longer grants Swain 125/200/275 bonus health
REMOVEDACTIVE DURATION 12 seconds ⇒ Based on Demon Power
UPDATEDDEMON POWER Activating Demonic Ascension grants Swain 50 Demon Power, which decreases at an initial rate of 10 per second. After 5 seconds of Demonic Ascension, Swain’s Demon Power decreases faster at a rate of 15 per second
NEWSOUL STEALER Swain gains 20 Demon Power per second while draining enemy champions
UPDATEDBIG DEMON ENERGY After 2 seconds of Demonic Ascension, Swain can recast his ultimate as R – Demonflare. R – Demonflare can only be cast once and does not end Demonic Ascension
R – DEMONFLARE
DAMAGE 100/150/200 (+50% AP) ⇒ 150/225/300 (+60% AP)
NEWCONFLAGRATION Demonflare now slows enemies by 60%, decaying over 1.5 seconds
REMOVEDEXPENDED, NOT STORED Demonflare no longer deals additional damage based on health drained from enemies
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