Talk:Xerath/@comment-34037140-20180111073754/@comment-9771997-20180211124848

What are you even talking about? Ziggs is a zone control mage and Xerath is an artillery assassin mage you damn barbarian. They aren't meant to do the same job.

Ziggs can zone off huge areas with his E, his W(to throw people into his E), and his low CD Q and Xerath can't do that half as well. Your job on Ziggs is to divide the enemy team as well as doing your damage by using his kit to lay down "no go" zones. I.g. Throw down E in a choke point forcing the two enemy champs to either wade through(and probably die), flash over, or sit the fight out. I.g. Throw down E in the middle of the teamfight to scatter their team, throw down W to knock an important target into the middle(and maybe another target away from the fight at the same time), drop Q and R right on them.

Meanwhile, Xerath has a much easier time catching people and locking down kills because he's a labelled Mage Assassin; literally his only job in a teamfight and for most of the game in general is to pressure and kill the enemy backliners. His only real zone control ability is his ult.