Talk:Xerath/@comment-124.189.129.130-20120708142225/@comment-93.207.121.157-20120709005150

the problem on the new ult is, despite ppl who say "you nooooob get skill and hit it!!!!", is that it takes so you long now to land your combo, that your dmg/second is so fucking bad that every burst, or even non-burst-mage kills you before you can land all your skills. and of course its not easy to hit with all of the skills if the enemy is trying to dodge some skills. also stuns/silecences can disrupt your combo even harder because of the huge delays that have to restart when you start the skill again after the silence/stun so that every target can make it out of range because of the delay (see the notes above for his R). the reason ppl "relay on ult" too much is, because the delay on Q allways was to huge in some cases so the short delay on his ult helped.

also what ppl forget to mention here is that the delay(i know i say it often) now decreases your range with ult a lot. yes it decreases the range!!! when your oppenent is running away from you, xerath was good in killing him at far distance with ult+q. now the delay gives enemys ~1 more sec to go out of range, and that every time you activate one of the 3 shots making it ~3 secs more to travel faaaaar away. - its not about skill then anymore when your range is decreased so hard so dont come with that argument.

so many ppl calculated the shit out of the mrpen on xerath now with and without void staff here (while not all calculations are correct here) only to point out its good vs tanks, what %-mrpen allways is.

its obvious that the ult was xeraths best skill and now that it has so huge delays its bad. the minor buffs cant change that.

counterpicks which have good gap closers made xerath a sure fail from the beginning, which is why he is played so rare. now without any chance to get a LB or ahri or kassadin or fizz etc. this problem has increased. even lux can fire her final flash and maybe dodge 2/3 shots of your ult.

i like xerath much and i think its not like you cant play him anymore but even a noob like me who is playing among noobs, where i still might have chances with xerath can see clearly that in a high lvl elo play the risks and disadvantages of this guy are too big.

so the nerf is not rly my prob, but the one of the good players who face good enemies i guess. i look for him in the spec mode and he didnt appear more often after the patch there, then before. i saw him once failing hard due to his nerf unable to hit with his ult.