User blog comment:Simbey/Real Talk: Xerath rework/@comment-7481207-20140121171555

How is his new ultimate's damage tiny? Even after the recent PBE nerf it can still deal really much damage, and as you said, it is more of a snipe ability than fitting into his combo, although it can be used after enemies run away after said combo.

Also, he should use E>W>Q for combo imo, as W is the one that is hard to fully hit, not Q and its slow is wasted if used last in the combo.