Talk:Xerath/@comment-4501202-20111004164021/@comment-213.21.80.28-20111005133659

AD countering mages? You mean every single one of them? I mean mages have comparable damage to AD AND they have CC to keep the melee AD away (which is why almost no one uses them in teams, in competitive play of course, I dont care how much Olaf is used in normal games).

He is however a good Ranged AD counter which is kind of nice i guess, in Dominion ranged AD usually have little place in the teams because they are generally immobile if you compare them to melee but in summoners rift they can hide behind turrets etc.

And to OP, you should always build as much AP as you can and get away with it, there is no reason I would buy health if they cant touch me. Sometimes I run around with 1200+ AP with Veigar just because I land my stun all the time.