Talk:Xerath/@comment-5877442-20130608190513/@comment-3419132-20130612161005

Having that kind of range more consitenly early is too powerful in lane.

For this reason I see the new rework as possible devasting in lane as he'll be untouchable. The thing here is that other champs with similar range have different constraints. Lux and Morgana's Q is blocked by minions, Lux's E has a very distint cast and travel time before even reaching max Range, Viktor has a decently high CD and mana cost on his Death Ray,  and etc. The reason Xerath has such a high CD on his W is it has no mana cost, gives magic|pen and gives him large range to all of his abilities, none of which are blocked by minions! So you can imagine all that combined warrant the high CD.

Late game Xerath takes his true form (pun intended) and becomes a powerful seige mage that can almost always cast at his max possible range. This is to ensure his safety. In lane he can stay safe but this allows him to sometimes not have to even be near the team fight to dominate!