User blog comment:ClariS/Why Xerath's Passive is Bad/@comment-70.126.138.59-20130319235216/@comment-5402370-20130323112646

its an AMAZING passive,fits the lore perfectly,but its kinda useless on HIM

iys already hard to catch a xerath since hes normally far away from the battle,but when enemies finally get to him hes hard to kill because of the passive.

ranged champions,especially xerath,shouldnt get ways to defend themselves if a champion jumps on them.

See,for example,katarina;her gameplay rewards her for going uo in the middle of the fight and taking the risk of ulting to imensely damage the oposing team,therefore,she needs the dmg reduction on shunpo.

Leblanc,a perfect example;she can use this amazing combo to get out of danger(distortion,mimic,flash),but its hard to use it because she needs to use distortion most of the time to hurt her oponents,since its one of her most rewarding spells.leblanc needs this combo because her gameplay involves getting up close in the figh;but there are so many ways to counter this gameplay that she needs a mean to defend herself:her passive.it fits her lore(your only counter argument on this page),it helps her escape from sticky situations since she will be using her full kit to assasinate important carries.

Finishing it,xerath not only has no use to this passive but it leaves him so resilient even if oponents catch him in a fight;which is hard as hell if the xerath player has a good positioning sense