Talk:Xerath/@comment-4741157-20140201122233/@comment-24492843-20140201142652

Excuse me, but do you play Lux? Because she was one of my first main champions in the game and she still isn't balanced no matter how it looks. Lux cannot properly make use of her skills like other mages, due to her high mana costs and no mana replenishing abilities. Sure you can try to poke or farm with E up to 4 times but after that it's over. You cannot do anything anymore without potions, a gank or clarity. For this reason I have worked for months to achieve as high a mana management technique as possible and up to this day I can tell you I always get clarity with Lux, in ranked too. Some junglers are ignorant enough to not give Lux the 2nd blue and all others afterwards and a Lux without blue is unbelievably useless, in skirmishes, fights or anywhere. Other champions can use their abilites lots of times but Lux even though she has a well-structured kit she cannot make use of it due to basic mana contraints.

In conclusion, Lux cannot by any means sit back and power-farm or harass without counterplay, a full skillshot-based champion with unparalelled high cooldowns and mana costs has tons and tons of counterplay.