Talk:Xerath/@comment-4915885-20120428001728/@comment-98.207.105.47-20120428193139

It's an INSTANT damage spell. Spells like Lux's Light Binding and Nidalee's Spear have cast animations and they take time for the projectile to travel to the destination, so the other player has time to predict where they will travel. On the other hand, if Xerath's Q didn't have that marker, you would be blasting people out of nowhere with no warning of when to dodge.