XERATH Remake Feels HORRIBLE

Eyrgos··3 votes·325 views

Just to be clear, I'm here to talk about his visuals & sounds. Gameplay-wise he's fine, his abilities just 'feel' like they lack power due to their aesthetic/sfx which is the complete opposite of Xerath thematically.

He doesn't feel like a being of awesome power any longer, his abilities don't snap quite like they used to.

His ultimate is especially awful.

Aesthetically, it feels like I'm dripping little water droplets on my enemy's heads.

Any chance we can get the ultimate retouched at minimum?

Visual/sfx. A gameplay edit may be justified here/support this change. Maybe increase landing lag/radius & make the mortar shot more explosive/giant.

Eye of Destruction/Shocking Orb need improved visuals/sounds too, they feel so pewny. Maybe have lightning arching from the orb, crackling sounds, etc.

Xerath used to feel like such a cool seige nuker, now he feels like a weak pew-pewer.

He's just so unsatisfying now compared with his former glory.

Visual/sfx could go a huge way in fixing this.

11 Comments

poopoo peepee1 votes

What exactly was Xerath prerework? I know he had a lot more range, but I don't exactly know.

Jamaree2 votes

What exactly was Xerath prerework? I know he had a lot more range, but I don't exactly know.

He anchored himself in place and had less range unless anchored on top of having an incredibly counter productive passive. Gets more armor based off AP...which makes little sense because he shouldn't be taking damage anyway.

Not sure how his remake is bad though especially since his win rate, play rate and tourney rate have all jumped, but ok.

Eyrgos1 votes

Not talking strength. Talking visuals & sound.

Terff1 votes

I personally thought the old thunder bolts were pretty weak looking...

Eyrgos1 votes

I personally thought the old thunder bolts were pretty weak looking...

I guess, to me they're still really lackluster & ought to have seen improvement in the transition.

Diostukos1 votes

He's Ziggs 2.0; not bad at all if you can actually land your ult.

Eyrgos2 votes

Don't care about good or bad. His visuals/sounds are awful.

Nothing pops like it used to.

Jamaree2 votes

Don't care about good or bad. His visuals/sounds are awful.

Nothing pops like it used to.

Ah kk, can agree with you there, his ultimate doesn't look powerful.

Diostukos2 votes

Don't care about good or bad. His visuals/sounds are awful.

Nothing pops like it used to.

Oh, yeah I agree there. I'd rather it look kind of like Pikahu's 'Thunder' in the smash bros games, where it sends down a line of lightning instead of little pellets.

Eyrgos1 votes

Don't care about good or bad. His visuals/sounds are awful.

Nothing pops like it used to.

Oh, yeah I agree there. I'd rather it look kind of like Pikahu's 'Thunder' in the smash bros games, where it sends down a line of lightning instead of little pellets.

That'd be cool!

Sire Hippington1 votes

His base kit is actually rather powerfull and feels good(miss that sniper feeling though, build up W, snipe with Q, use W-speed to reposition)

Hi Ult however feels horrible, especially if compared to the raw unleashed power of his old ult. He really could use some improvement here.

but to be honest, he's still much more xerath than cassio is cassio. And atleast his overall powerlevel is still strong enough with a rather smooth poercurve, unlike cass... Old xerath had more a powercurve like new cass, just with a higher overall powerlevel, his lategame was pure madness

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