Talk:Xerath/@comment-4167645-20111019140520/@comment-3342434-20111019141447

Xerath's passive is similar to Galio's, just made that way so it is inverted. Also, they wanted to stop melee AD assassins to OMGWTFBBQ stomp squishy mage that cannot move.

The general fact for armor passives is to counter Metagolems.