Ye but this guy goes from being pretty underwhelming to just being a beast and pushing a blue buff annie(although it doesn't effect her that much) out of lane with ease.
He just runs oom without it in seconds..
+Seems like he can tank a red buff Riven pretty well

Noocta

France12578 Posts

October 05 2011 18:27 GMT

#289

On October 06 2011 03:23 NeoIllusions wrote:

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What AP isn't automatically stronger at mid with Golem? >_>

Kennen ^^

JackDino

Gabon6219 Posts

October 05 2011 18:30 GMT

#290

On October 06 2011 02:59 Ryuu314 wrote: a good team to protect you in fights it's ezpz.

Hi my name is soloqueue what is team to protect.

Ryuu314

United States12679 Posts

October 05 2011 18:31 GMT

#291

With blue buff dat cdr works wonders. You just throw out random EQ every 3 seconds and if it hits gg. If it misses oh well blue buff trololo

On October 06 2011 03:30 JackDino wrote:

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Hi my name is soloqueue what is team to protect.

Yes well, arranged 5s. I play 'em from time to time x]
His 1k range and passive makes it pretty easy to keep him safe tho.

Haemonculus

United States6980 Posts

October 05 2011 18:34 GMT

#292

The hitbox on his Q is really really wide. So hard to evade, he can land it like every single time.

His ult really underwhelming until he has loads of AP at which point it's terrifying.

Lanzoma

Mexico813 Posts

October 05 2011 18:35 GMT

#293

On October 06 2011 03:23 NeoIllusions wrote:

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What AP isn't automatically stronger at mid with Golem? >_>

There's becoming stronger, and then there's this guy. His poke is insane.

TheKefka

Croatia11752 Posts

October 05 2011 18:38 GMT

#294

On October 06 2011 03:35 Lanzoma wrote:

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There's becoming stronger, and then there's this guy. His poke is insane.

Also he can just sit at a tower and defend by denying creep waves before they even get in range of the tower with that siege mode.

That teamfight was so hilarious,fight at baron and this guy just sieges up at golem and is able to nuke from there with every spellXD

BlackMagister

United States5834 Posts

October 05 2011 18:39 GMT

#295

Seems like you don't need to build any magic penetration as Xerath because his ability gives enough.

NeoIllusions

United States37500 Posts

October 05 2011 18:40 GMT

#296

On October 06 2011 03:39 BlackMagister wrote:
Seems like you don't need to build any magic penetration as Xerath because his ability gives enough.

Chaox was just mentioning this on his stream. There's really no point in getting Sorc Boots on this guy.

BlackMagister

United States5834 Posts

October 05 2011 18:42 GMT

#297

On October 06 2011 03:40 NeoIllusions wrote:

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Chaox was just mentioning this on his stream. There's really no point in getting Sorc Boots on this guy.

Yep I'm watching his stream. Which is a funny conclusion he came to after buying void staff.

Juicyfruit

Canada5484 Posts

October 05 2011 18:42 GMT

#298

It's just so annoying to lane against someone you constantly have to fear can set up a gank against you and you can't do anything about it. Against Annie at least you just react to her flash and otherwise just keep track of her stacks. Against this guy you just can't get in range of her E or else you might get stunned and die. It's like laning against Ashe except this guy actually had burst damage to back up the stun.

Noocta

France12578 Posts

October 05 2011 18:44 GMT

#299

I watched the game Chaox playyed with him
They're losing pretty badly, but still, he seems meh a lot. If you're not in proper position during teamfight to hit atleast 3 people with Q, he isn't doing a lot of damage in general. Sieging at the wrong place will make you miss a teamfight completly ( sieging a bit too far, you have to desiege, get closer, but you will not do a lot if you can't re siege. )

It look pretty dangerous to get close for a E too. Even if you're pretty tanky with his passive, his damage is all in line, so being in the moddiel or close will make you miss a lot of potential targets.

His poking is beyond godlike with blue tho. Like, better than AP Kog'Maw.

Requizen

United States33802 Posts

October 05 2011 18:47 GMT

#300

On October 06 2011 03:42 Juicyfruit wrote:
It's just so annoying to lane against someone you constantly have to fear can set up a gank against you and you can't do anything about it. Against Annie at least you just react to her flash and otherwise just keep track of her stacks. Against this guy you just can't get in range of her E or else you might get stunned and die. It's like laning against Ashe except if this guy actually had burst damage to back up the stun.

To be fair, Brand is sort of like that too. It's much easier to pull off as Xerath since his Q is (subjectively) better than Brand's since it's faster and goes through minions. I think that's why he doesn't have as high of damage as Brand does, you trade it off for range and easier to land (in my opinion) skillshots. Looks like he'll be good.

His poking is beyond godlike with blue tho. Like, better than AP Kog'Maw.

Off topic, but is AP Kog a viable pick? I might pick him up since he's been fun this free week so far, and having 2 different builds would just solidify that deal. He's fun, and I don't really like that many ranged AP champs.