Talk:Xerath/@comment-69.141.8.150-20111002000409/@comment-69.141.8.150-20111002184217

AA and tear in general is a pretty useless item on a lot of mages, if you can't spam some inexpensive spell that doesn't require a target then you're better off getting a different item like an RoA. I doubt it'd be good on Xeraph.

Xeraph's scaling damage buff was swapped out for his AP to Armor ratio. That's the poor choice I think riot made. He's always had his range steroid ability, but now he lacks the ability to leverage his innate to make the most of it. Regardless of how good he is at launch, he's already lost a fun mechanic.