User blog comment:Accrepower/Some Champions are left behind./@comment-65.213.200.131-20130207135453

Personally, I play a lot of Xerath myself, and believe me, he has no problems with the new meta. People just don't really understand how to play him, try him on free week, die a lot, and give up, saying he's a "weak champion". He is played  differently from a majority of other casters, far more suited to poking team comps, where he can sit a long ways away and continuously hit people with his Q. He also has no problem with the more aggressive style of play, because his ult has such a ridiculously short cooldown. End game, his ult is up every team fight, having a CD (with blue buff) of 30-45 seconds, depending on your items. Stacking magic pen vs. teams building MR works so well with Xerath, because of his Locus of Power (W) %Magic Pen. He tears apart entire teams with his ult end game, and can snipe runners. I think that the easiest transition to him would be from Lux. I view Xerath as a rare, but definately not left behind. Nasus is still as strong as ever, as long as he can farm, and Renekton, well, he's a crocodile. Nothing else required.