Talk:Xerath/@comment-24055932-20150825112255

So, what's the use of this guy nowadays, compared to other midlaners?

He offers no initiation, his burst is all skill-shot and time wasting (3 ult shots), so unless you got hard CC of the class of Malphite, bursting somebody is a mere illusion. His poke is usefull only against squishy targets with no way to regenerate, and every poke puts Xerath, if the enemy has an egager, in a risky position.

His self-slow makes hit & run impossible as well, and he devours so much mana that often enough, Xerath will run oom before he can kill a tank/bruiser (that is, if he can actually fight for that long without being caught or the tank escaping).

Of cause, in coordinated teams (or simply said, if I can get a Malphite in my team), the combined burst can instantly annihilate the adc and is as such all the impact Xerath has to make. But besides such 1 trick combos that other champions can do just as well, I have a terribly hard time imaging something that could work (maybe IBG Ez + Rylais Xerath?).