Talk:Xerath/@comment-210.19.191.24-20111018094137/@comment-4167645-20111018105251

Hmm kinda feel that way too, my targets always escape after my burst unless I took them down really low before hand, in which case they will play safe and never enter range for my E or huff it the moment they see me chain myself for an elongated E, they just buy time until their jungler comes.

One probability is that his range isn't one of the longer mage basic attack ranges which are normally 600 so chaining yourself means you won't get to hit them while they get to hit you. That and all mages have fire and forget spells where you push a button and are free to do as you wish, most of the time that means auto-attacking. In an Annie burst I would normally get 3-4 auto-attacks in between spellcasts, but Xerath has to be all flashy and wave his hands like hes Madonna for every single spell so in most cases I never get an auto-attack in. Thats about 150+- of missing damage.