let's Talk Xerath.

Xerath is a long range mage with ridiculous mana costs, and you have to auto attack with him in order to gain mana with his passive.

but, the real question is, is riot doing justice to Xerath?

sure he was "buffed" with the mage update, but comeon, is xerath Really that rewarding to be skillful with? now folks, i'm no challenger 1 player, nor am i korean, but iam a Xerath player, and i played against so many matchups, let me tell you this;

i feel handicapped when playing Xerath compared to the other longrange mages.

now some of you would say "But Xerath's Range on his ultimate is Really huge!" yea, well because you see..that's kinda...HIS ULTIMATE!

i'm talking about the rest of his kit, what kind of reward do you get for landing your massively delayed spells on the enemy? just the raw damage.

while say, Vel'koz's Passive, actually rewards you for doing good, for landing combos, for positioning yourself and hitting enemies. even Lux get rewarded by chaining any of her spells with her ult, it proc's her passive and she gets extra damage.

now these are 2 long range mages that BOTH are weak for champions that can gape close, but does Vel'koz's knockup duration get lowered for how close the enemy is? does Lux's Snare gets lower duration for how close the enemy is? well Xerath's Stun is not only a single Target spell, but it gets lowered for how close the enemy who got hit.

so, let's see...so far, both have more reward for landing combos, and they don't get punished for trying to save themselves.

ok, now lets go to the second point, mana Costs.

Xerath 5 points Q costs more than his ult, Xerath's 5 points W costs more than his ult, even his stun is above the 50 mana costs.

nothing in Xerath's kit is under the 60 mana costs whether it's early or late.

Can i please get a Rioter's contest on why Xerath is the black sheep of longrange mages?