Xerath needs actual buffs to reward people for being good with him.

La Spork·Nov 11, 2015·2 votes·630 views

Now now. Stop. Don't go hating. Heres the issue.

Xerath used to be a really cool, original champion. He was harder to play and this made him cool.

Nowadays, Xerath is a pubstomper, similar to lux. He is great at carrying lower elo games, sure. The problem is that, at higher elo (plat 1+), he is incredibly unviable. I've been talking to a former d1 xerath player who decayed and is now stuck in plat 2-3. I personally noticed how much weaker xerath got the higher I went too.

The hard part is finding a solution that rewards people for being good with him, yet prevents average players (Bronze-Gold) from snowballing every game unrepairably. I'd like to hear everyone's input.

I don't think he should have numbers buffs btw. I think another rework is necessary at this point.

3 Comments

Flyer BeastNov 11, 20151 votes

Level 5 Scorched Earth Xerath Player Says: Don't give him a rework, I personally like his current skills. If he needs a buff type change, The cooldown/mana cost on his Q are what to change. It'd give him more poke, and because that's the only thing he has going for him (hes one of the top three best poking mages out there. Xerath Velkoz Lux ) he should EXCEL at it. (or some mechanism that makes his Q's either easier to hit by making it wider(I wouldn't do this, it would leave little counterplay so it wouldn't be very good to do) or more rewarding to hit like a base damage buff on it. If you're gonna make a half change to him, he should be allowed to move and act normally while ulting, like Ahri ult. He has 3 charges, can use them at anytime and take any actions he wants while he can use his ults, as well as delay time between casts because without it he'd be broken.

If you really want a REWORK, but leave him with his poking strength give him SPELL ON HIT EFFECTS. Q- Ignores base Magic Resist. W- Applies a Magic Damage DOT E- Increases any slows on the target by 5% until the slow expires and until all slows expire, so chain stacking slows is possible with item 3116 . (Helps his E-W combo as W slows the target) R- Nothing. Only thing his ult needs is when he hits his ult the cooldown of his ult is reduced, If you want people to be rewarded for being good with him (as being good with xerath is partly your accuracy with your ults) then make hitting one charge reduce the cooldown by one third, so if he hits all 3, he can recast his ult immediately This way people can play Ashe Xerath combo, if Ashe hits her arrow Xerath can kill very easily, no need to be within a 2 screen distance. New definition for Pro Wombo Combo. Yeah this is probably broken, But it would take skill to pull off. People who are good with would really enjoy playing him (especially me)

TworieNov 11, 20151 votes

Xerath is actually in a pretty good place atm imo He's got a ton of safety that lets him build up those stacks on Mejais real easy meaning he can have like 1000+ AP late game if you take flat and scaling AP runes.