Talk:Xerath/@comment-4696282-20111221022034/@comment-3486816-20111221032248

Xerath isn't going to be a tanky mage (especially once his passive is reworked, as it supposedly will be). He's the type that uses a good offense as the best defense - he bursts you down before you can kill him. And he really hasn't been out long at all, don't expect a price reduction.

He IS a lot of fun, but he's nothing like Ryze. He's a fairly squishy, very long range, skillshot-focused, mostly burst champion that is reliant on his ult, whereas Ryze is a very very tanky, short range, high sustain damage, no-skillshot champion that could go the whole game without pressing R.