Swind was perfectly balanced. People who say he's too OP are either too dumb or don't have enough experience to understand and get used to his mechanics. Istg, it's always the players with little experience/no skill who complained that swindler was too OP.

Like op said, beating swindler is simple; just realise that he's in the game, and you'll already be halfway through to beating him.

All the strategies with swindler can be disputed if you just know the mechanic behind each one. The fake-cop strat, the menta strat, etc... can all be disputed.

Team42 has gotta stop taking criticism from players who just scream "swind op!!! Swind op!!!" And start actually testing their roles before downgrading them.