User blog comment:ClariS/Why Xerath's Passive is Bad/@comment-6301771-20130317035402

I've never liked Xerath's kit, any of it. It's always felt...broken. Not broken as in "Overpowered as hell," broken as in "I think when they were trying to tweak it something snapped and the entire thing fell apart" broken. He has a basic ability which does nothing by itself. He has a targeted ability that can only stun people if he hits with either his ult or his only other damaging ability, and his ult seems to have been designed around the concepts of spamming from a range, but because of it being an ult has a long cooldown.

As a champ, I've never thought of Xerath as being well designed in any aspect. His appearance does nothing to convey his playstyle other than "He's a mage," his kit is backwards and unnecessarily complex, and his lore is somewhat...lackluster. Sealed ancient world-rending powers are somewhat common in the League of Legends, which makes it funnier when a chick with a gun wrecks their face. Infinite arcane power my ass.