I think you shouldn't play Xerath until he gets reworked, he is now way too weak for what he offers. One of Xerath's biggest downfalls are that it requires you to stay still to get optimum range and yet still the stun can be out of range. Leaving you immobilized opens enemy jungler gank potential. Other thing is to get the stun, if enemy sees that this stun will probably be his end he will most likely flash or something if he has any of that so you practically miss your dmg skill and now you are left with only ult which cast time between the casts were increased so now you cannot just burst the 3 casts instant and basically instagib somebody. He was played in one tournament "session" because in NA ladder there were some guy who dominated with Xerath, but it was like flavour of the week thing, as any aggressive jungler just wrecks Xerath like lee sin, even maokai as maokai has beast ganks.Jordan wrote:
I don't understand Xerath's mechanics. Tried him and fed the enemy team hard. I harass the heck out of the enemy, blow off my entire combo + ignite to them and they still don't die. How to play him properly