Talk:Xerath/@comment-4820583-20120512120133

This guy was supposed to be the "artillery mage" as mentioned by Riot before/during his release, but he does not have a range like that.

Nidalee, Kogmaw, Leblanc, Kennen, Cassiopeia, Viktor (and others) have similar ranged spells (some more, some less) - and each of those champs has more utility/mobility/crowd control.

My suggestion would be to increase the Mage Chains range to be the same as his other 2 spells, and to reduce the cooldown on his Locus of Power on earlier levels. His passive would need to grant both MR and Armor, or allow him to briefly slow enemies struck by his spells.