Talk:Xerath/@comment-24.10.172.62-20120821072150

I'm usually a fan of 1-2 dorans (sometimes I'll replace 1 dorans w/ kage's if I'm doing really well), boots 2 (usually sorc's, but if I feel like I can roam and use ult a lot mid-game, I'll do Ionians, which I usually end up trading sorc's for late-game anyways), rabadon's rush, rylai's. After that, I always seem to have a period of time where I'm like "what do I build?" lol. Half the stuff he could build isn't super beneficial in working with the team, things like abyssal or WotA are usually less favorable. there are not that many items that offer much for xerath without being a waste of gold in something (usually AP item actives are usually meant for short ranged mages), because he seems to really just want pure AP and CDR for the most part. I usually end up building Morello's or AUG just because of the CDR, relatively good AP, and mana regen, with the side bonus of the MR on AUG. Then I either go for Void staff if I feel like they're still building tons of MR and I'm not doing enough damage, or I'll have a defensive item like banshee's or qss built just so I can remove stray cc on me long enough to peel w/ E->Q combo effectively. Anyone have advice on what to build later in the game that doesn't involve AAS/RoA? I really think these items are very mediocre on Xerath, and delay your damage too much to be useful, nor does Xerath need a lot of the stats on them.