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.
ceaselessphantom6 votessit 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.
FH Keltic1 votesIf you take a dragon and you're warded enough to save your smite for Baron? And he can just ult it and take it? There's something pretty damn wrong with that.
ceaselessphantom3 votesIf you take a dragon and you're warded enough to save your smite for Baron? And he can just ult it and take it? There's something pretty damn wrong with that.
Did you just say you would take dragon and then baron?
Newbert Newman4 votesI 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......
FH Keltic1 votesThree straight bursts from his position with a much shorter distance. Pretty simple. Actually open the door to harass him instead of just having to run and praying you can juke his ult markers. It's just too convenient to sit behind his turret and ult with no chance to knock him out of it or pressure him away. It was a lazy idea for an ult.
Newbert Newman3 votesWell....if you're low enough to kill.....and you let Xerath get back to his turret without disappearing yourself.....you have misplayed somehow.
Plenty of people i play against have no problem juking the ult. It works well vs clumped opponents. And if you take away its range you nerf him into the ground. Xerath isn't designed to be close to an opponent.
Honestly, do you just not enjoy a "dodge the skill shot" mechanic? Thats what it sounds like to me.
FH Keltic1 votesIt seems to me the ult is spammed quick enough that if you can't instaclick immediately in another direction? You're done.
Daishø1 votesIf you are playing a mid laner that is in the meta right now, most of them have a speed buff or a blink. It shouldn't be too hard to dodge his ult especially if he doesn't have vision of you and is guessing where you are for his first shot.
Daishø1 votesits like a mini game.
Daishø1 votesput 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.
FH Keltic1 votesWell then clearly I'm missing something. Because every Xerath player I've seen for the past four months has been awful in game but manages to KS using his ult and win or lose improve his/her score just with that. Which, to me, is horrendously manufactured.
therealdragon2 votesHonestly, its extremely easy to Juke Xerath's ult and all his skills altogether. Just head one direction for one second then turn the other way. Do that 3 times, and his ults wasted with you just walking/running around. Riot designed his ult to be very dodgeable and that they did do. ALL his skillshots give warning signs when they're about to be cast making it very easy to dodge. Out of all the champions to nerf, Xerath is the one champion that in my opinion, is completely fine. All skills are dodgeable and if you can't dodge them, you're not playing against Xerath right.
As for your xerath's, it is also easy to ks with his ult BUT I'm sure I read somewhere that riot intended xerath to be able to do this. He's the type of champ that needs help. He has a ton of cc but no dmg.....a good balance in my opinion. idk what your xeraths have been doing but if they haven't been slowing or stunning and ksing baron and dragon, thats the teams fault, not his.
Basically, all skills are avoidable and if you can't dodge them, then you're not playing against him right.
Daishø1 votesThats pretty much what i said. And i agree with you good sir ^_~
ZeroAnarchy1 votesLearn how to dodge skillshots.