User blog comment:ClariS/Why Xerath's Passive is Bad/@comment-199.84.62.149-20130319160727/@comment-98.166.77.206-20130320121715

Ok the people saying his armor weakens him need to stop thinking armor implies a breastplate ect in this case. His armor is a metaphysical armor in the sense that his literal power of arcane energy shields him NOT the armor he is "wearing". The stronger his arcane power gets, the more he can deflect physical attacks with it.

The passive has NOTHING to do with the clothing type armor you see on him and 100% to do with his power shielding him from physical attacks so please stop talking about how the armor suppresses him because it has nothing to do with the passive.