Talk:Xerath/@comment-26808509-20160811141204

Because of the Meta shift 'away from Assassins and engage tanks to poke and combo mages paired with bruisers' this guy is pretty damn strong at the moment. He didn't get many attention for a really long time now and since the meta is Fitting him really well now, I think he maybe is a tad too strong to be honest. I mean, he isn't OP. It's really hard for an immobile poke mage to be OP. But his long range, his insane burst and his low cooldowns make him a real nightmare to deal with once he is ahead.

His Q is fine to my mind, it has high mana cost and even thoght it has a low CD, the channel keeps it from being spammed like a Ziggs Q. The stun is pretty fair, it's damage is low, the CD is high and it's use on close range is little. The ult is Ok, given a bit too strong if combined with Rylais, but well, this item is broken on most likly everyone.

The problem I see is his W. It's mostly only used on a CC'ed target and if it's done like this, the damage is stupidly high. Hitting the center of the spell isn't easy without a snare or a stun and it should be rewarded, but 90% AP is too high to my mind. The Ratio should be lowered and for compensation the CD of this spell should be decreased, so you can actually risk to use it for the slow instead of waiting to chain it onto a stun.