Talk:Xerath/@comment-4741157-20140201122233/@comment-4741157-20140202093558

JudasLover, I hope that rage isn't directed at me.

Both Ziggs and Lux have to come into AA range to effectively use their kits, despite having long range skills.

Xerath's skills have less lossy power (bigger AoE's, skills shots not consumed by minions etc), so in order to make him interact with the enemy midlaner like Ziggs and Lux have to, they jacked up his early-mid mana costs and said "If you want mana to safely farm/push/poke, you're gonna have to get up close for it."