Talk:Xerath/Strategy/@comment-74.92.170.73-20120713061659

I wish itemization for this champ was less linear. Half the stuff is kinda useless for him because his spells/general positioning often are out of reach of most auras/item actives, like w/ abyssal scepter and WotA. Rylai's is obviously pretty nifty when you want to lock down on an opponent w/ your E and it gives a massive slow that way, and of course deathcap is always a must on him. After that, I'm a bit of a fan of morello's tome/dfg, although the actives require you to really be in bad zones to use, because of the cdr and decent AP at a relatively low cost (and kage's can be nifty for making your income more consistent if the need arises, like getting zoned in your lane by an assassin or something), so if I built a kage's in a match, I'll usually finish one of them after Rylai's/Deathcap. btw, flat spell pen is still worthwhile, because the combined pen is still more than either one alone, it's just a matter of gold efficiency, which is why it's bad to buy both % and flat. If you have a free % pen, I don't think it's a bad idea to still go w/ sorc's if your main purpose is targeting squishies still, since they rarely build any more than 50-70ish MR. If only Locus provided MR reduction, so that flat pen would be really strong with him. Oh well.

The buff to his natural % pen and better E ratio is kinda good, although I saw that it's actually not that strong of a increase in his overall DPS. Hooray for that ult fixing though