Talk:Xerath/@comment-24035110-20140215171642/@comment-24042737-20140216000048

As I said, Xerath has to utilize his passive or else he'll go oom, fast. He has two choices, let mana regeneration do its thing or regain some by doing an auto attack. If he decides to choose the latter, and he probably would, it places him close enough that the enemy mid can cast spells on him and possibly kill him. Syndra for example can hit Xerath when he's trying to use his passive with her Q and proceed to burst him from there. Annie, while being very short ranged, can do well agaisnt Xerath. If she stands a bit closer to her own minions, which really wouldnt open her to ganks as she can let the wave naturally push to her tower, she can zone Xerath away her minions so he cant use his passive. Even if he does his wraiths to just auto attack, he would lose experience.

I loved playing Xerath before his rework too. He was my main back in season 2 and probably 1 out of 5 champions I played from level 10-30. But reworks exist for a reason, I didn't like how his old ultimate literally carried over half his burst and that without his ultimate he can only stun and walk away.