XERATH REWORK GIVES HIM 7 ULT CHARGES?! THIS IS GOING TO BE CRAZY...

[@jabuka2502]

They finally want to force him out of support and to mid

[@nicklassjoblom4042]

but will be perma banned now cuz hes so strong supp

[@bbjornsson]

​@@nicklassjoblom4042 late game yes, but these changes need levels and minion kills for his passive so support won't be as good

[@RedCnMn]

@@nicklassjoblom4042 and if he gets bullied early game, he just sucks mid and late game

[@Anakeish]

With nerfs? Most of the time u don’t have time to shot all 5 shots. R is hitting less, and with more mobile champs good luck hitting all 7. They changed his kit to be even more skilful giving higher skill cap. For 99% of the players is HUGE nerf, for 1% OTP masters I wouldn’t call it buff.

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

I already play him mid beforehand, so this is going to be great when I play him again

[@paullambert5843]

It will be tricky to adjust to a new passive. To get the most mana, you have to auto the wave before you use your Q to clear it. Killing all 6 minions will reset it and you can get a second proc off the cannon

[@longingsoul1]

At most points you won't kill melee minions without q w right?

[@Poshriel]

@@longingsoul1 Probably not, but it might open up Xerath to try to abuse minion demat on the front line, I'm not sure if that's necessary though.

[@longingsoul1]

@@Poshriel Does his passive proc at full mana? If not it might just be worth it to leave fountain with a little less in the tank than usual to zap a minion then kill the wave.

[@chaotikkiller1617]

@@longingsoul1 Why would that ever be better lol, just leave with full mana. The passive gives nothing but mana so wasting it before the wave is pointless cause you can simply use it after the wave.

[@HaydenDuty]

i always auto'd first anyways that way it goes on cd and will be up sooner, so feels like a straight buff for my playstyle lol

[@kyleberts]

“Did Zwag Xerath get the first 6 CS?” Yes, he got all 6!!!!!! Win Streak: 6 Before you ask, the record is 7

[@miguelduarteterrivel8127]

Kyle you really a good commited dude 💪🏽 I appreciate it

[@steveevets1]

What is his record Kyle 😊

[@GodNeptune45]

Letsss gooooo

[@Tracer_Sweat]

Kyle Berts, I snagged the handle, let me know when are ready to switch and ill take it off, you're like an endangered species, we must protect you. (youtube seemed to have changed everyones comment name to the shitty handle way, change in Channel settings)

[@doubledubbs9733]

The real question is can he get past 7

[@marcuionut6319]

24:57 The first shot triggered the comet, and the second shot landed in the same time as comet and the numbers combined, so 1200 was from last shot + comet

[@manflutewarrior]

I also think ludens echo proccd right then as well. So it was comet+ludens +last shot

[@rihito6538]

with this new passive i think you should constanly use it before clearing the wave, since the cooldown gonna be reset after you clear the wave

[@Gabriel_custodio195]

It was so frustrating seeing Zwag not hitting the minions BEFORE killing them. You're just missing out on precious mana.

[@brosaus]

@@Gabriel_custodio195 He autopilots this champ. prob takes a little time to adjust to the new micro playstyle

[@Gabriel_custodio195]

@@brosaus I know, but it just makes me want to rip my eyes out.

[@kholtsclaw5266]

It's not like you play perfect all the time just relax and learn from what he didn't do and try to apply it. It also didn't hurt you that bad or you wouldn't comment melodrama.

[@Gabriel_custodio195]

@@kholtsclaw5266 I had the intention of not saying that in a not-so-serious way, ok??? I know people make mistakes and take time to adapt to changes. I just meant that it was frustrating, nothing more

[@HuebertEllowit-LOL]

I think you do get multiple stacks if you hit multiple people with one shot. The wording is bonus damage per champion hit, not bonus damage per shot hit, so multiple champions means multiple hits. At least that's what sounds intuitive. Plus it rewards players who find ultis that actually hit multiple champions, which is pretty hard.

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

That triple kill with Xerath’s ult was just chef kiss amazing. I like to play Xerath mid as well so can’t wait to try him out

[@rabidwalrus86]

You know its gonna be a murderfest when Zwag is playing Xerath.

[@brianarsuaga5008]

Xerath's passive is my favorite of all the champs, and this made it even more so. simple mechanically, but a meaty enough impact that it affects your rhythm.

[@BleepBloop-wd8qs]

Ahhhh, a Xerath video. A once in a blue moon, thanks Zwag. Really like your Xerath vids

[@Random_kayn_main]

He is so good with this champion maybe he shoud main him and mske another chanel for him as well.

[@SirFalafel]

agree. maybe call it xerath zwag or something similar

[@MikeCheckGaming]

As a Xerath main because of you, the best tip I can give people against players that use the ult well is "the S key on your keyboard." God I can't wait for these buffs to go live.

[@IIIlIl]

Wdym S key?

[@12jojimbo]

@@IIIlIl pressing s stops your champ. it's a really good way to juke the xerath ult.

[@hodb3906]

Oh look. Someone telling others what they main when no one asked for it. As a blorpius laximus of dingustan main, i appreciate your advice.

[@Lypter]

@@hodb3906 bro its not that deep, he says he is a xerath main so you can assume he know what he is talking about

[@adeknijak]

R AP ratio reduced from 40% to 45% hmm... what?

[@Doppable]

I was looking for this comment

[@OceanofColour]

24:57 Luden's came up for that shot, plus Comet landed at the exact same time, on top of the scaling dmg per landed shot. That gave you a 1.2k dmg stack. This is at 3 items + max stack Dark Seal, with Absolute Focus on and Gathering at the 20 min mark, which I believe off the top of my head is 24AP? Yeah, that's kind of absurd, assuming you actually land your R shots of course.

[@MrMunk-zz7lf]

Zwag is the only League player who doesn’t use flash a single time in a 30 minute game and still Hyper-cary

[@crinklecutchipscringe9167]

I think you'd want to always auto before you use an ability on the wave, that way if you kill some minions it will drop the passive cooldown and over the course of a lane you'll have more overall mana regen

[@Jeffdachefz]

okay i thought i was the only one going OCD crazy about him not doing that

[@renanxavier5704]

@@Jeffdachefz me too hahaha

[@theogpaulmolnar3547]

I wonder if building horizon is now a better item on him since the lil bit of cdr would be nice for more ults and the damage amp woild stack well with everything due ti his mega range. Plus the reveal would be nice for blind shotting.

[@spotifybeste1509]

zwag when do you make another ahri or shyvana guide

[@defiltrator1]

23:40 if you hit all 6 before on one champ the 7 would have dealt 981 dmg for a total of 5.544 dmg .

[@LeViIain]

And it's an AOE ability, crazy

[@defiltrator1]

@@LeViIain yeah thats crazy if u hit 3 champs twice with 2 shoots you'll get the massiv dmg boist of 6 hit shots just crazy in teamfights

[@Poshriel]

So yeah, at 23:46, his ult if he hits all 7 shots, the last shot will do 540+ 63x7, which is 540+441= 981. Then it goes 981-63 up to six times for the previous shots. 918, 855, 792, 729, 666, 603, 540. All together, hitting all the shots no mr, you deal 4,374 damage with your ult at level 16. I know it's not likely to happen, but assuming you only hit three, it's still a buff. I didn't go crazy with the breakpoint at which it becomes a buff, but I'm estimating 2-3 hits. Which is just on the edge of fair, or it's completely broken, we'll have to see.

[@forgottenanomaly2836]

Hitting 2 champs with 1 ult, gives two stacks. Which is even more unlikely, but could possibly happen once... If all enemy champs were standing still in one place, and you hit all of them each time, you would deal 10395 damage total to each of them (if they had no mr).

[@AdeelEjaz]

Somebody in Riot games saw Zwag and thought... lets get this guy his champ back! I'd love to see you grind Challenger on this, its a monster late game with Zwag's skill and predicts!

[@hodb3906]

Mmmmm, i can smell zwag’s rectal chunks off your nose.

[@moosevast7592]

I saw @vincentrapier7289's comment that added up the damage per hit, but I think their math was slightly off. I came up with a formula that will let us calculate the total damage accumulated based on the number of ult shots you hit. The formula is Total Damage = Previous shot + (Base Damage+(number of shots hit-1)*modifier). There is one change to this given how the ult description can be read. If the modifier can only increase your damage 5 times (5 champs hit, like ultimate hunter), the final shot will deal the same damage at the 6th instead of increasing again. Both numbers are shown below. This is before any resistances. If you use the damage numbers when you killed Ahri at 23:18 (540 as base and 63 as the modifier), the chart is below. Hit Shots _______ Total Damage ____ Damage per Hit 1________________540_______________540 2________________1143______________603 3________________1809______________666 4________________2538______________729 5________________3330______________792 6________________4185______________855 7________________5040 (5103)_______855 (918) To check the work, you can start with 540, and add 63 for every subsequent shot that you hit. This leads to a maximum single shot damage before MR (7 hits, for a total of 6 increases) of 918. By then adding up all of the intervening damages per shot, you can see the total damage. Using the formula for the damage numbers given at 28:10 (609 base, modifier of 71), your total 7 shot damage could be 5754 (final shot doing 1035). Absolutely nutty.

[@jeffreysword6294]

@zwag, notes said "[NEW] Increases by 20-30 + 5% AP PER CHAMP HIT" Get your squad in custom gamel and see how many of them can stand in his circle level 16. Would be interesting to see that hit 3+ enemy champs per shot and have final shot do crazy amounts for the multiple champs hit

[@Ben-cy7pv]

Can you try the „new“ nilah build?Since the patch it has gotten more popular and it is very strong especially when you get ahead early. It consists of building a dirk and a zeal first, then building the zeal into galeforce, then collector and then ldr and the rest is situational. You hit your power spike at those 3 items and you can oneshot the whole team with one ult combo if you are a bit fed. Would really love you to try it!❤

[@jsing5022]

Tbh this makes his late game so much more viable for nuking back lines with enchanters

[@darkpheonix77]

I was hoping the changes would include something for his w. a cleanse if it lands on xerath would be great. it fits lore (unbound), it is skill dependant as you have to cast before a stun hits, but also means damage is not hitting the enemy so its a trade off if used that way.

[@NotABadSlimE805]

i love how he didn't use his flash THE ENTIRE GAME

[@Billywijake]

Thought of a comp idea for you... "you SHALL NOT PASS!" - wall comp - annivia, karthus, trundle, ornn and yorrick. Probably sucks but would be fun to box in their carries :D

[@KodaSkunk]

If you hit multiple champions with one hit, with the language of the tooltip, does it mean that it'll increase twice with that one shot? I also I see Arcane comet damage is applied immediately now- maybe the 1.2k hit you were confused about was Mandate + Arcane comet + the ult (I have no idea if whoever had mandate was actually there)

[@manflutewarrior]

You can also hear his ludens echo procc on that 1.2k hit

[@Tracer_Sweat]

18:45 Facts. BUT, think about the salt after hitting all 7...if you thought people were calling you a scripter before, this is actually what you've been training for your entire life. Also, now you can challenge yourself to make every Xer ult a Karth ult...make sure you always cast from mid and everyone eats at least one shot, and then still have 2 shots left for shits and giggles

[@darshone]

you should have build horizon focus, with the ult increase, it should be absolutely terrifiying

[@ForeverInABlueMoon]

Imagine how OP stacked up dark harvest would be, damn

[@brosaus]

I wasn't thinking about this yet. but this might be the better rune to take now.

[@rubenarroyo7879]

I main Xerath thanks to you mate, I play mostly support, today I carried a bronze match with Xerath and ended 18-3-22, thanks so much for giving me a champion to enjoy playing ranked

[@sharod3659]

25:40 nah that dmg was a single shot zwag

[@midwestmenace1426]

bro that sucks lol, ive been doing really well with Xerath support...

[@defiltrator1]

jo am i dumb or did these changes did not hit live servers at all as of 28.06.2023

[@efeerdem6843]

I didn't see changes in patch notes

[@efeerdem6843]

It seems these changes are taking a while. Imagine it never hits the live servers!!

[@mamemakimmk6189]

I am actually a Xerath Support main, but maybe I will switch to mid after this. Not sure if I like that

[@flamebeard10339]

What do you think about halving the damage and increasing the number of shots to 9

[@cursegrimfiend6569]

Would literally make him worthless xD

[@brianlamptey4823]

1:57 If you have nothin to auto what are you spending mana on?

[@pothoc1]

Do you think Xer (not even going to attempt spelling) might swap to bot lane instead of support? There he'll still get Buddy help and he can take minions.

[@davidliu1306]

Yay more xerath gameplay!

[@flyyamir402]

Wait zwag do you play RuneScape?

[@sikeymoto4068]

the shitty part about this rework is that you know a nerf is already in the works

[@medusa3416]

I see you're a good Xerath player, so can you please explain to me, why does some players go Lyandry's instead of Luden's? Doesn't Luden do more damage then Lyandry's? I dont think Xerath can use Lyandry's as good as someone like Teemo or Heim, can i please get an explanation?

[@thebluedragon89]

12% bonus dmg vs higher hp targets, and lower cd's. you want that cdr when vs tankier comps so when your first combo doesn't kill them you can have it up soon (unless you're caught out and get one shot)

[@medusa3416]

@@thebluedragon89 yeah you're right, i forgot about tank's, thanks!

[@osvaldoferreira1]

Day 6 of asking for a Tank Anivia video. The build consists of stacking tons of HP with Grasp + Heartsteel. Obviously you'll do less damage, but the build is really satisfying. You can frontline and provide a lot of CC. Also, when you die, the HP transfers to the egg, creating a 4k+ HP distraction, while your teammates finish the opponents.

[@endel12]

30:53 Nice penta

[@Rakaszta]

Ahri dashes to Krugs, passing by both Sion and Xin. Gets ulted by Zwag "WTF WAS THAT READ" XD

[@alejandrorivera6122]

Got me shouting "OOOOH" everytime with those predicts.

[@krayto9073]

You know it's a good day when Zwag doesn't even put him getting (spoiler below) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a PENTA KILL in the title

[@Ezurial]

the 1251 on the ult shot was from ludens coming off cd

[@Crona_Gowther_Kanato]

I WAS HERE!~ It's about time the #1 Xerath got some buffs & these look fun & rewarding but tbh, I was also expecting some sort of change to the E stun, without outside peel we're still the same glass cannon so maybe next patch gang.

[@zacharywong483]

Super fun vid, Zwag! Love seeing the Xerath vids!

[@FocvsFN]

I love your vids; I also have a recommendation for a video idea. You could go ability haste teemo my brother pointed it out, I tried it in aram I did pretty good and did a lot of damage also tried it in a regular game it was ok but my adc left lane. Idk if you will have the luck that I do but it would me the world to see this video and know that me and my brother were apart of it!

[@McMackster]

Have you tried Naafiri, she's pretty nuts.

[@lokman2647]

Bro didnt even use his flash once 😂

[@Thescott16]

I feel like Zwag is mainly responsible for this rework.... Also, still requesting Lethality Quinn with new Ghostblade for mythic.

[@saint_pyre]

whilst watching zwag, classical gas on loop in the background

[@fuzzy-02]

This rework gave a new meaning to the phrase "Crusading Distance". Play xerath and Swai and bomb the entire map

[@thedabbinggamer3726]

The 1.2k was from ludens echo that hit on the same frame

[@corvus418]

"Buff his E because he can't peel" is the kind of insane mindset that results in broken champs. Champions have weaknesses for a reason. And he still has a stun anyway, which you use to stop ganks, which is obviously peel. Getting punished for an artillery mage's positioning isn't a wild concept.

[@sleepyemily07]

Wait, the new ult passive says "for each champion hit" the damage increases, so maybe if you hit multiple it increases multiple times?

[@stephenbernham3232]

The thing that will make this balanced is the small part we’re you have to actually hit a champ I’m mastery 7 been playing since I can remeber xerath And consistently I can hit 2 out of 5 so that’s what is going to keep him balance that’s not instant damage you have to hit a skill shoot

[@acatwithwiskers9273]

the ramping ult dmg is sick

[@ianmacedo3473]

The ult damage ramps 5 times, you can see in the buffs the ult icon with 5 hits

[@fafufafu5784]

zwag's back on his AC130 lets gooo

[@BlitzCrank1000]

Thx for alway covering pbe updates. I am looking forward to this on live!

[@omicron5128]

Now, just waiting Zwag to be called a scripter

[@danieldolebski2689]

8:51

[@sebidobre5018]

So at the end with 10 stacks for mejai, the ult does 5754dmg if all 7 shots are hit😅

[@atlane01]

im not arguing your math i just wanna say that the tip says for each champ hit increase by 66 what if more than one champ per orb hit?

[@sebidobre5018]

@@atlane01 so lets assume it stacks for multiple champs hit. Lets assume all are tanks and survive. The ult does as follow ls 609 first hit+71 per champ hit afterwards so it is like this: 5 enemy champs to hit -609×5 the first shot -609+71×5 second shot(per champion and so on) Total of 59k so it doesnt stack for each champion hit. I think if it hits one or more champs you just add 71 at the next shot

[@sebidobre5018]

@@atlane01 and it would be as follows. 609 then 680 them 751 then 822 then 893 then 964 then 1035 for a total of as i said 5754 per champ and 28770 if all 5 enemies are hit by every ult shot and all survive. See there is a huge difference between 28.77k and 59k dmg

[@b0sspls622]

15:56 beautiful

[@Shogun_38]

1253 damage in one shot because Ludens and comet hit proc at the same time on that ahri

[@pmangano]

it says "for each champion hit" not every blast that hits a champion, does that mean that hitting multiple dudes with the same charge gives you even more damage?

[@justinroylance4941]

Thanks for the great vid Zwag!

[@Fnino42069]

Second skin of the day: Arcana Xerath.

[@Keijii1]

Man what I really want is Zwag's playlist

[@dauntlesstark9850]

zwag is grandmaser right? or challenger? [ i always forget which is the highest rank

[@fliiiou6388]

because of that I think that the slow build will be good, just because more ult hit = more damage

[@Pork1955]

R ap ratio reduced from 40-45 isnt reducing taking away somthing or making it smaler

[@dimitarmatanski3712]

Akali low Bel veth coming from below But what these boys don't know I'm Zwag, welcome back to another video

[@SimplyDuker]

Ahri: "WTF you are not 16" Looks like somebody didn't read patch notes.

[@mostafaa9895]

I know u don't usually do this but can u do braum support

[@eddie5673]

Can you play Karthus with Rylais and absolut focus to have an tf ult on Karthus

[@kyuusei19]

What is Riot thinking ? Xerath doesn't need a late game buff. He needs some self peel.

[@darkrayc]

Ahri is a paid actor for all of Zwag's crazy shots which we see as normal now, just cos its Zwag

[@docrun3516]

Do another one, but this time build an axiome arc if you get fed as like 3rd or 4th item

[@LineArckG]

i wonder if the increase of ult dmg is caped at 1 per shoot or if you can have multiple increase if you land 1 on multiple champion

[@charly7937]

It sounds like a single target ramping DMG, it refreshes once we switch target.

[@forgottenanomaly2836]

@@charly7937 It's not. He did 759 damage to Ahri when it's supposed to deal 540 if it does refresh. (24:55).

[@forgottenanomaly2836]

It does get multiple stacks if you hit multiple enemies with a single hit. At 24:45 , he got the damage buff twice because he hit both Akali and Alistar from his first ult hit.

[@jonathanfhbvcc1054]

That nostalgic background music though

[@benmayer7326]

16:02 "ENEMY AC-130 ABOVE!!"

[@christiaancarstens4091]

There is some mega games incoming, cant wait. DO IT!!!!

[@mietwin]

zwag giving 700 gold to bel: it's fine

[@wax5403]

These changes make xerath more skill expressive and I love it

[@ShelbyMustangs]

I’ve been waiting for this video since I saw the changes

[@lucasdu7179]

Love the Zyra buffs too ! Hope they add more in futur 🌹

[@davidperez4028]

Hey swag was that you against the baus

[@markbutler7474]

Let’s just see this but with haste. Machine gun ult.

[@redshirtrickie]

Love the Sion commentary

[@Kamiioznes]

finally. if this goes through i will pick xerath up in ranked again !

[@vhonkiddy6590]

They made the god of destruction more destructive

[@wingedherotakami]

They should make the cd from his ult a lot higher at max rank then it would be more fair

[@Omgitshailstorm]

Hiii Zwag! Long time viewer! Pleaseeee do a new Rumble (even though he kinda sucks). I got a new puppy and named him that so I think it would be super fun! Thankss! You rock! ❤