Talk:Xerath/@comment-2179912-20120909145956/@comment-186.136.186.166-20120911165835

One thing is "competitive scene" thats not the same as "viable". Riot wants to make some champs competitive picks, with Xerath / Karma / Evelynn / Teemo / Le Blanc thats not the case. ANOTHER COMPLETLY different thing, is "viable". When a champion is unviable (pre rework Evelynn) then, they should get a buff or something, but when a champion is not on a "competitive scene"... I mean, a lot of people ask for their champion to be on that level because they like tournaments and those things, but usually 99,9% of the games are not tournaments and stuff, they are just normal games / ranked games on average elo's. Lux is my main and I go ranked with her, even if she is not "competitive", I love her and the utility she brings is awsome.

Instead of looking a champion to be "comepetitive" you should focus on how that champion makes you feel. If that champions makes you feel bad all the time, even with practice (its to hard to land skillshots, the mana costs are too high, you deal almost no damage, you are TOO slow, you get kited) then, that champion may have a problem. In the case of Xerath, the only problem I see is that I feel really punished when I use my W, as I can get killed easly, and the fact that your E is on a long cooldown and your Q is a skillshot it just makes me feel like I lack damage prelevel 6 (AND I get to ulti dependant lategame).