Talk:Xerath/@comment-99.40.51.76-20111005141656/@comment-99.40.51.76-20111005165956

I got on at 6am PST, 5 hours before estimated time of completion. I think others got on even earlier. Hopefully this will mean EU will be similarly quick.

W lasts 8 seconds for the buff and root at all ranks, Cooldown starts when it is toggled off or ends.

As I said in the first post, I'm not good at measuring ability ranges, but Q looks like it doubles or close to, E gains a few hundred units range, as does R. It doesn't all give them the same range, but the range it grants is the same at all ranks.

E is slightly shorter than Q in range, both with and without W.

There is no delay to get out of W, but you can't toggle out during an animation, and there IS a delay getting into it. 35% Movement for 2 seconds may or may not be worth the 0.5 or so seconds of not moving, but only by a very, very small amount, and at earlier ranks the long cooldown makes it tactically unwise.

R has a slight delay and cast animation, and is NOT smart-cast by default. Delay is probably slightly longer than on Karthus' Q, but definitely shorter than Rupture or Dark Matter.

Altogether if you are good with your "Three R's" (the inaptly named Reading, Writing, and Arithmatic), then you can potentially get 375 +1.8 AP at level 6, going up to 825 +1.8 at max rank.

AoE on each Ulty blast is about stantard for normal skills like Rupture/Dark Matter/Make it Rain, give or take 50 units.