NEW Xerath is TERRIBLE
http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=4274534
That is a link to the old forum post started by another disappointed old xerath player. He shares all the points very nicely and clearly. Xerath used to be strong and awesome to play. Now, he's just whack. The ult area is way too small. The dmg is no garbage in comparison to how he was b4. He's still just as immobile and vulnerable to close quarter combat. Rito plz. I don't even bother to play him anymore. I can't imagine more than 20% of old xerath fans continuing to play him. The new visual update on him is nice, you can keep that, but the kit needs to be returned to how it was before. RIght now his gameplay just doesn't do the charecter justice.