I've seen this written in several places. I've always found his kit awkward to play due to the windup on Q and the delay on the ult. Is this really true? I've always felt like Vel'Koz was winning more late game teamfights than Xeraths.
xerath is slightly defective in some ways, reliability being the biggest; that's the tradeoff for his immense range niche, however
few champs can turn a 1v1 into a 2v1 as safely and from as far a range as he can, and few other mages can poke you from 200 units outside your sight radius
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