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Originally Posted by snowden
I 100% agree that there are other factors, I just think that all the other factors would normally point to someone like Xerath not have super high damage which he does. It's mostly just to dispel the idea that Xerath has good range but that his damage is mediocre which I hear a lot of people say.
Xerath falls short in his ability to just purely nuke someone. Even putting aside the fact that ignite doesn't couple well with his general play style, his "burst combo" is very long. He also has no other defensive abilities.
For example, ur middle vs annie. Annie can flash, stun, combo, and kill you from probably about 60%. If you flash stun, combo vs annie as Xerath, she comes out of stun about 1/2 way through ur combo and gets to retaliate, stun and flash away, etc.. her combo will be stronger unless you take smite which just isn't all that great on xerath, she also has a much better chance of getting away before you land your full skill shot based, drawn out combo.
Basically if you try to trade with any of the pure nuke AP's, Cass/Malz/Brand/Annie, you're going to get ****ed up. You have to harass them down and avoid getting caught. He's also very very mana hungry, and has no farming crutches other than Q'ing waves of mobs. If ur Q'ing mobs ur gonna go OOM and u can't harass. So it's harass or farm well, you have to choose. Everyone else on that list doesn't have to make that choice
Last edited by Punch Dancer; 10-28-2011 at 05:58 PM.