Am I the only one that thinks it needs to be nerfed? it just seems a bit ridiculous to me he can sit back and ult, say, dragon or a free KS from a distance and put no effort into the match whatsoever. I say this having played and played against him. They talk about getting rid of global ults but then let him have one that makes the champ nothing more than an ult monger.
sit back and ult, say, dragon
You have no one to blame but your jungler if Xerath steals dragon. or you for making your jungler take dragon hen his/her smite was down.
I don't agree but you're entitled to your opinion; its a lot different than a lot of "Global" ults and is pretty core to his kit. To expand on that, it's pretty hard to finish anybody off 1v1 with Xerath unless you know how to hit the ult consistently. It plays well into his strengths (long range mage) and is hard to use when the enemy gets up close.
If you have a better suggestion for an ult for Xerath than I'm all ears......
put no effort into the match whatsoever
um, Xerath is a skillshot dependent champion. It is usually harder to hit people because all your skills have obvious warnings signs about where they wiil hit. And all you have to do to counter Xerath is all in him. Its a lot harder for a Xerath player to win a fight if the enmy is playing passive and self zoning. Lets say im a Zed right. Neither of us have a tower, but he has a deep ward in lane to see me if i try to run away so he can ult me. All i got to do is all in him and burst him down. It's really not that hard. All of Xeraths abilities tie to his kit, a long range mage.
Learn how to dodge skillshots.
