Ezreal W mini rework

Doodlzzz·Aug 27, 2017·14 votes·3,339 views

As most of us probably know, Ezreal is in a bad spot ATM and should really get buffs; however, instead of buffing his Q ability, why not give a mini rework to probably the most useless ability in his kit; essence flux.

Here is the idea:

Cooldown changed from 9 seconds at all ranks to 11/9.5/8/6.5/5 seconds
Attack speed bonus reduced
Hitting an enemy now shreds 5/9/13/17/21 magic resist and 3/7/11/15/19 armor (can stack)
New effect ~ Hitting an enemy with essence flux marks them for 2.5 seconds. The mark can be consumed by any of Ezreal's abilities or auto attacks, dealing 20 (+45%AP)(+35%AD) true damage.

This change gives Ezreal some extra DPS to cope with his tank weakness and give him more presence in team fights.

24 Comments

ClementineAug 27, 201712 votes

No true damage please lol. Someone suggested hitting an enemy champ makes Ez's E target them if they're in range as opposed to hitting a closer minion.

AckelopeAug 27, 20171 votes

I don't really think using his E as a damage tool should really be incentivized on ez, and that change would definitely be doing that. instead, i think a few of the changes listed here are decent, the true-damage proc is overkill though, the rest would be enough

iamthegoatofwarAug 27, 20173 votes

actually if ez fallows up with E putting himself in a dangerous spot with E cause he hit a spell earlier it's not the worst idea of a buff.

KilIuaAug 27, 20172 votes

Hey, Ezreal sucks right now. Why doesn't riot just do this and this and make him op mid laner?

LeAzirAug 27, 20171 votes

I mean, Ezreal mid would be a nice change; besides, it wouldn't be as OP mid as you think.

baetoevnAug 27, 20172 votes

I love the idea of reworking his W, but this "mark proc" idea concept is being used a lot... I really want his W rework (if it were to happen) to be UNIQUE! If this mark thing were to happen, it should have some interactions with each separate ability... but its up to Riot to fix this up! - CFood <3

DoodlzzzAug 27, 20171 votes

Yea.. to be honest, I whipped this up in 10 minutes LOL

I'm sure if riot really tried, they could make something cool out of his W; it's just so lame ATM

Darkdemon653Aug 27, 20172 votes

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I love the idea of reworking his W, but this "mark proc" idea concept is being used a lot... I really want his W rework (if it were to happen) to be UNIQUE! If this mark thing were to happen, it should have some interactions with each separate ability... but its up to Riot to fix this up!

Marking targets is a great mechanic and it should be used far more often. There are plenty of ways to make marks feel unique, even if they are triggered in similar ways.

Bootleg GayAug 27, 20171 votes

I almost suggested the mark detonate in a similar fashion to Ludens Echo, so if you marked a bunch of champions, then ulted, you could have a big splash of procs. Of course, the damage would have to be tuned to normal balanced states, but the idea is there.

KoKobotoAug 27, 20172 votes

You know Ryze's Spell Flux? It'd be pretty interesting if Ezreal W worked kinda similar :O

morris1Aug 27, 20172 votes

AKA give him waveclear? No pls.

KoKobotoAug 27, 20171 votes

AKA his abilities gain other effects if he lands W on someone... doesn't necessarily mean waveclear...

Its All SkillzzAug 27, 20172 votes

all im saying is you do not want this lol, so my late game build for ap ez is 300 ad 800 ap that means if i hit you with W you would take 250+720 magic damage and then when i pop the mark with an AA another 100+350 true damage, So if i hit you with W and used gunblade an AA you would get 1 shot instantly even more so now. cause of tlord + his new proc. id say giving him more damage is a nono. if i had to buff ezreal i would make his E more reliable for its damage missle cause hitting that shit is like throwing darts blind folded and trying to hit a specific sq, id also give his W the ability to damage minions.

So W ess flux changed to do damage to monsters and minions as well as champions and E arcane shift changed to target champions only no longer minions/monsters

maybe up the CD on his W by 1-2 secs and the CD on his E by 1-2 seconds to balance it out. W doing damage to monsters and minions would even make it a viable choice to max on AD ez even without ad scaling youd have some wave clear to actually push.

NodirjonSattarovAug 27, 20172 votes

so give him an early game kog'maw Q that can be casted over several champions? lmao you're joking

CasterGilgameshAug 27, 20172 votes

essence flux works for ap ezreal its ap ezreals core spell

FullmuteAll playAug 27, 20172 votes

Hitting all ezreal spells with dramatically increase your AS, AS works well against tanks. I don't know if you know about this ,but W can increase your AS as well. Plus, as was mentioned before. W is a core ability for AP Ezreal, reworking W will just make AP Ezreal unviable. I mean for AP Ezreal it wouldn't be a bad idea to rework passive. But it will dramatically affect AD Ezreal.

PePsiLemoNNAug 27, 20172 votes

dealing 20 (+45%AP)(+35%AD) true damage.

What...the...fuck

Also

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Hitting all ezreal spells with dramatically increase your AS, AS works well against tanks. I don't know if you know about this ,but W can increase your AS as well. Plus, as was mentioned before. W is a core ability for AP Ezreal, reworking W will just make AP Ezreal unviable. I mean for AP Ezreal it wouldn't be a bad idea to rework passive. But it will dramatically affect AD Ezreal.

Mens Hair ClubAug 27, 20171 votes

i don't think his weakness of poor tank busting needs to be reduced

reducing flat resists would be good, though,

Bootleg GayAug 27, 20171 votes

How about just removing the attack speed bonus and armor/mr shred, then giving it a true damage proc on abilities, that way he has to actually hit them with a skillshot instead of just using and auto. Same concept, different way of going about it.

DoodlzzzAug 27, 20171 votes

I do agree on removing the attack speed but I want Ezreal to be able to consume the essence flux mark with an auto because it would encourage Ezreal players to weave autos in between abilities.