Talk:Xerath/@comment-173.89.167.104-20121112212055/@comment-5490997-20121120185249

I don't really agree Xelnecra.

Range is a powerful stat, I agree on that, but to say you use your spells from 1300 range is just not true. That 1300 is the outer edge of your range, to land your stun (which you need to kill in most situations) you only have 1000 range. So you'll probably be closer to 800-900 range when you start your combo.

There are plenty of champs who can punish you at that distance. Any champ with a jump/gap closer will make short work of that distance (Ahri, Kassadin, etc.) and there are even champs who can match that range without having to lock down (Lux, Brand, Caitlyn, Kog, etc.).

So yeah, I don't agree Xerath is all that special in his "long range" role, plenty of champs can match his range and plenty can move such distances so quickly there is very little Xerath can do.

I'm not saying he's bad, he's certainly viable against certain champs, but there is just a huge amount of popular champs he isn't that good against (not that you can't beat them, but it will take you a lot more effort).