Talk:Xerath/@comment-91.181.194.88-20120119203835/@comment-4019444-20120120010743

I can't say much about Ahri or Brand, but for Xerath, it really depends on how good you are with skillshots. Anyone with a brain is gonna see you lock yourself down in Locus, then back away. There goes a long cooldown. Yes, his range is long, HOWEVER, Mage Chains isn't all that long of a range. The time it takes for Locus to occur and for the projectile for Chains to hit gives someone more than enough time to walk away. As someone who mains Xerath, if I see another Xerath, I always watch for the Locus. If he does it, back up. If he lands Chains, well, what determines his ability to hit me is his precision against my random movements to dodge the Pulse (which many can't seem to do, dunno why). If he manages to hit me with his ult to proc the stun, I'm already out of his long range and he can't land the other shots (the stun isn't long enough for him to land ALL three shots and Arcanopulse, so I don't get the qq about his supposed "burst"). Xerath does take time to get his aiming down (especially when you suppress yourself and make yourself a super easy target for dash champs) but if you can do it, he's very strong.