Talk:Rod of Ages/@comment-183.81.6.192-20111228135449/@comment-77.97.134.113-20120216114554

Nah, RoA is not that good on Xerath. Basically you pay a lot for health, which makes you a bit more tanky, but.... with Xerath you dont need to be tanky. You stay at the back of your team anyway. Also rushing RoA is not so good on champions that can easily burst people down - RoA slows down your offensive capability, when most people would expect you to deal serious damage. If you have problems with mana - buy two doran's rings and rush Deathcap. If you have health problems - rush WoTA or buy health pots, which are very cheap. You can farm whole minion waves out of range of the enemy so health should not be a problem anyway. RoA is a primary item for utility casters like Morgana, when you aim to stun as many people, as you can. Xerath is meant to deal serious AoE damage and your team loses a lot, when they want to fight in mid game and your ulti deals only a half of damage it could be dealing.