Talk:Xerath/@comment-3238314-20111006150923

My first impressions of the guy, after roughly 4 games, is that he's pretty solid, and very fun, but there are a couple of things that make me raise an eyebrow.

While Q is on a short cooldown, i feel that it is simply not satisfying enough to hit. I would rather have it have an extra second of cooldown, and more base damage and an extra 0.1 scaling to compensate.

I think that he's can be a bit weak when dueling meele champs. Take annie for instance: she can bomb your face pretty well if you get close. xerath, however, has his Q mostly to depend on outside his ultimate. I've had some instances where the enemy would pay real close attention to me using Q, and he'd walk behind me to dodge it. I think while he's not in locus of power, his Q could benefit from a 0.1 or 0,2 faster cast.

Other than these, he's greatly fun to use, requires a moderate to high skill level since he has 2 delayed attacks and you need to be very intuitive with when to siege up or keep mobile. Overall, doing well with him feels very rewarding.

He does not feel weak, though, he's on the balanced side. This is, however, a first impressions and should be taken as such. After i gain experience, he might overcome the issues i expressed, and i'll post more thoughts on this