User blog comment:ClariS/Why Xerath's Passive is Bad/@comment-5514182-20130317042653/@comment-4881935-20130317170348

Does this mean a champion like and  deserve to get free defense stat since he as well doesn't have any escape.

He has over 1000 range with Lotus, which will allow him to poke before they even get close. He also gets bonus movement speed to help him keep his distance away from the enemy team. That's the point, he has to abuse his range to keep his distance from them.