Talk:Xerath/@comment-8327423-20140129194508/@comment-10428734-20140204171356

Mana regen is just stupid. Seriously. Buy Athene or get Blue buff and you will never ever go oom on anyone except Anivia, and maybe Swain, who can still get both anyways. And I'm not even counting runes, pots, rings, and even masteries if needed.

The worse thing is, if Riot ever makes mana somewhat meaningful, then manaless champs would become ever more broken than they already are. Because yes, manaless champions will always be imbalanced. Because no, you just can't balance mana champions with manaless ones.

Manaless champions can be a lot of fun to play. But they broke the game big time.

About Xerath's passive: What about a %-mana-based adaptative passive? For example, Xerath gains 0.3% (or whatever you want) magic pen per 1% current mana he has and 0.3% AP per 1% missing mana he has? Stay high mana to kill tanks. Be low mana to burst squishies.