User blog comment:Megames1/Against the Meta- Xerath, and More!!/@comment-46.41.74.142-20121020221314

No one can poke as hard and as safe as Xerath, period. And I don't think mobility is really an issue, Anivia and Karthus don't have any either, and still they are a pick or ban every major game. It's just that people are generally opposed to playing no-cc-poke mids, and prefer lol-aoe spammers instead.