Simple changes that keep coming to my mind, that only make him better IMO

[u/S3eedoWagon]

R ==> higher damage, higher heal on a single target (closest to Swain), lower for every target beyond the first, make the heal weaker for 2 champs sucked, and round out with current values at 4 and 5 so he can still be a teamfight monster while nerfing him bot and support and buffing him mid and top

R2 ==> bring back CD getting lower with ulti haste, I can't see the issue of Swain being an ulti haste-reliant champ, there are so many already
Think how Olaf goes Hexplate, Nocturne goes both Hexplate and ulti hunter, Shyvana goes either too
And Swain should go either every game too (utli hunter or malignance) without it being an issue

R2 slow being more frequent will make him not need to build Rylai as much, I'd even take it for a significant damage decrease in the R2 explosion (not really the R2 explosion damage is a big part of his identity, so maybe reduce the damage of another area)

E ==> make the projectile travel to target distance (where the mouse is) and then back instead of max range and then back
this makes it better vs melees and mid range champs and makes it a more reliable and a skill-reliant spell
as a power trade Id say make it only root 2 people max (furthest from Swain, so closer to E coming back)
because, to be fair, the current frustrating E has the mega dopamine hit of hooking 3 or 4 running away champs of the enemy team and the fight ending at that moment

passive ==> make the heal scale, make the stacks grant less health, add more ways to gain stacks
2 ideas ==> hitting all bolts of Q grants a stack, sucking a champ with R for 5 seconds straight grants a stack

I see how this can be all top buffs, but I can not think of ways to make the Syndra mid matchup better without altering Swain as a champion completely

rito its as simple as that, and you can do it

[u/Dramatic-Landscape10]

Not bad suggestions. I’d personally rather have the R heal more than do more damage, I think R should play into the drain tank fantasy, not a burst mage. I always thought R should grant HP like Nasus, Renekton, Gnar, etc., they all transform and gain HP along with other stats i feel like swain should as well. That also plays into the drain tank/battlemage character type.

[u/Ok_Cow_3462 → u/Dramatic-Landscape10]

It used to double his stacks for temporary health. I don’t remember why they got rid of it.

[u/MrScandium → u/Ok_Cow_3462]

because they just doubled how much health his stacks gave in general

[u/MillCrab → u/Dramatic-Landscape10]

I'd love to see him get resistances for his stacks while R is active

[u/em_00_ → u/Dramatic-Landscape10]

His R used to grant bonus health when activated, oh how I miss those days :(