It seems to me like AdS is spaced tighter than Swerve, which makes it hard to judge. Hop this helps. Cheers!

Now A-d-s looks too loose compared to the rest, in which e-r looks way looser than w-e and r-v, and followed by loose v-e, followed by loose S-w.

Here's my take on tightening it all up -

It’s too loose in general and that’s why you can’t get it right.

For starters you should use the inner space of the /d/ to define the letterspacing. (Why? Because that is the largest defined inner space.). All other kerns should confirm to that. You will experience that the combinations with /v/ will be problematic. There is some latitude there because the ear of the /r/ is compatible with the /v/ shape. I would start with a hairspace there and then work backwards.

Tighter works in this case. And when that has been resolved, loosening up is a cinch, because it will be just adding the same amount of space to every combination (as long as you don not exceed the base amount of space, which is equivalent to the inner space of /d/ doubled. Sounds like mumbo jumbo, but it works...

@apankrat- Yeah, I totally overcompensated there

@Bert- Thanks for the long explanation. Not mumbo jumbo at all, in fact one of the better kerning explanations I've seen. Very good point on starting tight and loosening evenly after it is properly kerned.

Tighten it.