@Riot: about Xerath's Ultimate

Except it's not a 'giant artillery shell', it's an electrical blast.

i agree. since it's more focused energy impacting on the ground, than a conventional shell, i would opt for a thunderous sound =)

Amen, i really hope Riot will fix this =)

I got your point. But, You forgot that mortars got splash damage to compensate the lacking of accuracy. Said this, i see the actual Xerath's ultimate as a howitzer loaded with AP (armor piercing) shells, which sounds, by definition, a bit wrong. Why? Because on AP shells you loose the splash damage that compensate the above mentioned lack of accuracy, to gain penetration. So this configuration works only if shooting at slow targets first of all (bunkers, armored vehicles generally). So the standard configuration on howitzers are HE (high explosive) shells, for obvious reasons. Why i only talked about howitzers? Because they're the main indirect fire resource. Mortars are more close-combat artilleries, because they can be carried easily in places inaccessible to bigger pieces of artillery(such as cities, mountains etc.), due to their smaller size (excluding pre-WWII huge models such as the Karl Gehrat(sorry for wrong spelling), which were succesively considered outdated), at the cost of lower range and damage, than howitzers. Basically you use mortars when you can't use howitzers. TL;DR: wtih all the respect, the way You see Xerath ultimate still needs more AoE to be effective.

You're right. Riot put so much effort in doing the Xerath's rework..but the ultimate just needed some adjustments, it would be a pity to leave it at its current state.

It's difficult to hit decently good players, that knows how Your ultimate works. That said, You should never pretend to hit those players with all the shots. This doesn't depend much on You, more than the fact his ult design was prioritized on counterplay. That said, i can tell You to take some practice in predicting where the enemy will go, and to shoot there, without forgetting the shots have a constant time of travel. You should cast it when the enemy tries to retreat (with so low health You can take him down with at least two shots of ult): this will pressure the majority of players, making them to do mistakes You can also try casting it to follow Your stun (E) or slow (W). I hope I made myself clear. If not, don't hesitate to ask =)