Talk:Xerath/@comment-24090792-20140129063217

i dont have a PBE account so i dont know about his rework actual gameplay ( most important are his Q self-slow amount and charging paritcle effects/sounds if any, W direct-hit radius and cast animations, E travel speed and hitbox and R anchoring and hit delay ) but from the states and numbers i think it is a huge nerf to him because of :

1 - the new very high mana costs along with the new decreased base mana and mana regen mean that you will not be able to cast more than 3 skills in 2 skirmishes without making use of his new passive ( on a champion as the mana gained from attacking a minion is too small and a CD of 12 sec is too long to wait for to attack a second minion ) after the first skirmish which means ( along with his new delays on all skills ) a way more inferior harrasing power and little pushing power in lanning phase.

2 - increased mana costs and reduced base mana and mana regen mean also that AUG will not be enough on its own as you need to increase your total mana by buying things like RoA instead of DFG or VS which will hurt your burst greatly giving that you dont have an innate magic pen anymore and reduced base damage and scalings on E and R ( btw it still baffles me why other classes who dont lake burst or DPS in the first place have wide access to things like true damage, damage amp, armor reduction and % health damage while mages are highly restricted from these things ).

3 - his reduced AA range along with how he will be depending on his passive to refund mana to harass giving his huge mana costs will force him to get in range of the likes of talon, leblanc, khazix and fizz in lanning phase thus making him even easier to counter ( in addition to the anticipation the delay on all of his skills gives to your opponent and the lack of burst except Q if not dodged ).

those are my first thoughts and i think that xareth will be ruined by this rework and it doesnt even look fun as he is more unique now than the rework and have more paly style aside from power and efficiency but those are my thoghts only.