Hi, i got a question, why do you take morellonomicon over archangel's staff. since that would give you around 140 ap at lvl 18 ( late game should be where you shine as a xerath) and gives you a shield (when tear is full) to give you that little bit of survivability so your team can get them off you before you get bursted down.

other then that, i use a build that is quite the same. just that i go for the echo abit earlier on.

It's not just the burn that matters, the magic pen helps more than the 50 extra ap.

Unsure why you wouldn't recommend rylais over liandry's? Xerath scales so incredibly well with AP, I don't understand choosing to give up a bunch of it for a relatively minor burn.

There were no changes for Xerath last patch, so the build should work fine. If there are any changes, i will of course update my guide. However, the price of Morellonomicon went up so it's not always the best choice for a first item. You should still get it most off the time unless you're against heavy ap, or if you think you will need a lot of mana.

Well you should go for athene's first if you feel like you need MR, you can get more defensive items like Liandrys or rylais ( for the hp ) or even banshees if you really need the MR.

And thank you :)! I appreciate it!

Is this guide updated for season 5? Or theres no diffrences?

So I have a question. What do you do for magic resist items when going against a kind of heavy AP team?

P.S. Love the build btw. I use it in my games and it does very well!

Abyssal Scepter is no go because it only gives a mediocre amount of stats and the passive is useless since you're a ranged poke mage. Abyssal is mostly for ap assasins/tanks. Ranged mages benefit much more from a Athenes or any other ap item.

Why not Abyssal Scepter. Can you elaborate a little on that?

On APC's you should never be getting a Triforce its damage passive is based off your AD not AP and even if it did as xerath you are supposed to stay out of your nerfed 525 auto attack range so it would be completely and utterly useless

how bout trinity force? it give ap ad and for me i build everyone i play ap and ap bu t mostly ap that way, he's kind of a hybrid fighter lol and you forgot boots lol it helps him survive

Thank you!
Since the new xerath just came out i didn't have the time yet to make an in depht guide, but i will surely make a laning phase section to learn how to posioion yourself in lane with xerath.