Could Ezreals Q get a chance to critical strike?

Raoul··2 votes·999 views

Not much of course, not the full power, but maybe hit for... half of the damage bonus a normal autoattack would get? Just so Ezreal can use Essence Reaver with it^^ On top of that, Ezreal deals most of his Damage with his Q, and he has a really bad winrate right now, so he could use a little love :)

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Shyvauni1 votes

I believe his Q used to proc Crits? I know it does/used to proc on hit not sure if it still does.

Raoul1 votes

Not that I remember... it can apply on hit effects, but other than that, its a spell, not an auto attack

WarlockLaw1 votes

Imo ezreal should not be a crit focused adc. Also crit shouldn't be everywhere in adc itemization. They should work on allowing a type of 'unicorn build' be as viable as the standard crit build.

In case you aren't sure what the unicorn build is, it'd a build from smite that focuses on pen and attack speed forgoing crit. It's goal is to be more objective oriented as this build will kill structures much faster than the crit build, but it's dps to enemy gods us lower.

Raoul1 votes

The point is: Ezreal would benefit from Essence Reaver like noone else, but he has no reason to build crit at all. So I thought giving his Q just a little benefit from crit could help him ALOT

Beldair1 votes

I would get told my dps build was stupid on my Sivir. Her atk speed would be insane, especially when you mix in Ricochet. Now i do either dps nightmare or the powerhouse crit Sivir, both i feel have their strengths as well as weaknesses.

Paress1 votes

I also absolutely don't like the crit Ezreal build.

In my opinion, it is not the best for him, even if the crit items are the best atm : You build crit. That means :

  • You rely entirely on your autos. 550 range.
  • Your Q doesn't crit.
  • Crit builds are expensive. You at least need Essence Reaver, Trinity and IE.
  • If you're behind, or if you can't auto properly due to : tanks, long range ennemy, etc. You lose the game, your kit is not adapted for a crit build.
  • Your build doesn't provide you things like Youmuu active, Muramana active, or all the passives that a CDR Ezreal build oriented would profit.
  • It's just crit man. Crit is AS/Crit heavy oriented, so you don't get a lot of AD from it (if you want 100% AD in a 100% AD build, expect to reach what, 280 AD ? a CDR oriented reach 400).

But I think Ezreal is a bit weak atm when he's behind. However, well played, he's pretty good.

Raoul1 votes

And here we go, Downvotes with no comments, because change is bad, and shit... I mean... cmone, seriously, you cant deny he is weak right now. Even in Diamond or Challenger Tier, he is below 50% winrate and that with only an average pickrate...

disregardable1 votes

Actually, we can. Ezreal is in a solid state right now. Not OP, not one of the best ADs in the class, but in a decent state. He's a very safe ADC, and he pays for that by scaling less hard than normal ADs. If you were going to buff him (which I'm honestly not sure he even needs) you'd want to hit his early to mid game, not make his Q scale. If anything I think he'd be better served by nerfing the top tier ads.

DrCyanide1 votes

Not much of course, not the full power, but maybe hit for... half of the damage bonus a normal autoattack would get?

Sorry, I just can't stop laughing about this line. Half the damage a crit would normally have on an auto attack is the same as a non-crit attack.

What you're proposing would be for Ezreal's Q to be a crit in name only, with the exception of when the enemy has item 3143 , in which case you're asking for a nerf to his Q.

Raoul1 votes

-.- Of course I was OBVIOUSLY talking about the BONUS DAMAGE from the critical strike -.-

Serevas2 votes

I think he means that the crit on Q should deal 150% damage as opposed to 200% damage like a non-infinity edge crit would do.

DrCyanide1 votes

In which case it would turn Ezreal into Critplank Jr., which is precisely why Riot doesn't give Ezreal's Q a chance to crit.

Serevas1 votes

Oh believe me I never said it was a good idea, just deciphering is all. The last thing I want is for Ezreal to be pegging me with IBG slow enhanced critical strikes from nearly out of vision radius.

Wolfram Oxford1 votes

75% WR Ezreal would appreciate a buff jaja. Tbh though this does sound like a cool idea but I think that it would draw ezreal away from a safe on hit blue build and force people to play ad ezreal over blue. Maybe they could just buff up ad scaling on q a bit to compensate for weakness he has, or maybe reduce q cd by 1 sec or something.

EcchiOtakuTM1 votes

They just need to give ezreal's Q a scaling with crit chance and crit damage like ashe or caitlyn's passive

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