A question about Ezreal

YumaS2Astral·Feb 15, 2016·2 votes·278 views

If Ezreal got items like Spirit of the Elder Lizard and Runeglaive nerfed in the past, and Iceborn Gauntlet is now being nerfed thanks to him, why doesn't Riot just nerf Ezreal directly?

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XeruonFeb 15, 20163 votes

Because by himself, Ezreal is a perfectly fair and balanced champion, only items he can abuse like Runeglaive and IBG are making him unbalanced, thus nerfing Ez directly wouldn't really change anything unless they removed the on-hit proc on his Q, which would make him weak, since then there would be no other reason to pick some other high-range poke ADC like Caitlyn over him.

YumaS2AstralFeb 15, 20161 votes

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Because by himself, Ezreal is a perfectly fair and balanced champion, only items he can abuse like Runeglaive and IBG are making him unbalanced, thus nerfing Ez directly wouldn't really change anything unless they removed the on-hit proc on his Q, which would make him weak, since then there would be no other reason to pick some other high-range poke ADC like over him.

The items themselves are also balanced, it is just Ezreal that abuses them and is broken with them.

Why Riot doesn't make an special case with Ezreal, just like what they did with Runaan's and Vayne, to prevent abuse?

FawkseaFeb 15, 20161 votes

I honestly just don't understand why they just don't make the passive work on EZREAL himself it'd be so simple like have it on his god damn q tooltime "cannot proc items such as runeglave and iceborn passive" and done, no more fucking problems

ErockandrollFeb 15, 20161 votes

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I honestly just don't understand why they just don't make the passive work on EZREAL himself it'd be so simple like have it on his god damn q tooltime "cannot proc items such as runeglave and iceborn passive" and done, no more fucking problems

That would inherently destroy his identity as a long range poke ADC. Especially as this was always the case, with him. And riot even double downed on his AD caster identity with the ADC update.

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The items themselves are also balanced, it is just Ezreal that abuses them and is broken with them.

Why Riot doesn't make an special case with Ezreal, just like what they did with Runaan's and Vayne, to prevent abuse?

ICB is pretty good right now really. 20% CDR, spell blade, slow, mana and armor. Ez isn't the only one using it. It also common on Malphite and Poppy. Both of which are contested LCS picks.

It would be hard to nerf it, without adjusting it's recipe, but you probably could give it a cost nerf. As it is a pretty cheap item as it stands for what it gives you.

FawkseaFeb 15, 20161 votes

im sorry but if you want a poke adc you have ezreal if you want slows you'd have ashe what the fuck is ashe compared to an ezreal that has a small ranged aoe slow on an extremely small cooldown how would making him NOT use this make him any weaker than he's ever been?

XeruonFeb 15, 20161 votes

To be honest, IBG is quite an overloaded item right now, to quote a user on another thread about Ezreal:

tbh IBG is op. It gives way to much value for being only 2700. Let's list what it gives. Damage Tank Mana Tons of CD reduction Cc Wave clear Its 93 percent gold efficient just from raw stats if the passive is worth 100 gold it reaches 100 percent. And correct me if I'm mistaken but the CC or wave clear on their own are worth way more then 100 gold. The Item is just to good. Raise the price or take away the wave clear or CC. I'd take the wave clear away and keep the cc cause that's what its is really bought for. Simply put your buying damage, CC, and wave clear for 100 gold.