Talk:Xerath/@comment-5494818-20140409200015

I just tried him a few times, he's a crazy mana hog. With Vel'koz I can spam all spells and always hover at 70% mana mid-game, while Xerath will run oom with the same items. In poking wars you have no creeps around to proc the passive, and Riot gave him huge manacosts just so they could give him a passive to compensate. He used to get 100 free armor, and now he has huge mana costs. Also his ult has laughably small AOE, poor visual effects, and insane CD for what it does. Doesn't feel like an ult at all.