Can we get a tiny buff for Ezreal?

koshkyra·Jun 12, 2017·44 votes·2,074 views

Make his E prioritize champions. Its very annoying to lose a trade, or even miss out on a kill because i teleported to an area that had a minion closest to me.

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Jar Jar binks lJun 12, 20173 votes

Volibear ?

LadyRenlyJun 13, 20172 votes

ezreal was meta for a very long time, he can afford to not be top tier for a little bit

King LeBongJun 13, 20171 votes

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ezreal was meta for a very long time, he can afford to not be top tier for a little bit

A QoL change like this wouldn't make him top tier, nor any other buff as he's currently at the bottom of the ADC tier list along with Sivir.

NodirjonSattarovJun 13, 20172 votes

sure make E prioritize champions but reduce its CD recovery from Q

korg023Jun 13, 20172 votes

I had dozens of Ezreals who win laning phase with something like 5/1 and get outscalled by enemy adc if game takes long enough. In teamfights ezreal deals so little damage compared to lets say Cait,Lucian,Jinx,Draven etc. By the time he throws his Q from the safe distance that get blocked by tanks , Jinx rockets just demolish our team. Such weak champion to be considered ADC.

crippler38Jun 13, 20171 votes

ERM....

You do know that EZ has 2 attack speed steroids right? His late game damage is NOT low if you're attacking enough.

Especially not lower than LUCIAN of all people, who has double attacks and no attack speed increases.

Lucian's burst gonna be higher? Sure thing, Ez should still win in DPS against something once he takes enough time to wack it enough.

sit kidJun 12, 20171 votes

wow it doesnt do this already?

seems like a very harmless buff imo

King LeBongJun 13, 20171 votes

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wow it doesnt do this already?

seems like a very harmless buff imo

It does do it already, but sometimes it can be inconsistent. E.G - if a cannon minion is low it will target that over a champion sometimes.

koshkyraJun 13, 20176 votes

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It does do it already, but sometimes it can be inconsistent. E.G - if a cannon minion is low it will target that over a champion sometimes.

No. It will target the closest enemy regardless of health or status (minion, champion, etc).

nice tableJun 13, 20171 votes

ap ezreal will fuck your shit right up with this in lane, + adding 300~ damage to ad ezreals trades isn't exactly "harmless" either.

sit kidJun 13, 20171 votes

I mean it's just QoL update to a champion that's already licking the bottoms in terms of statistics

nice tableJun 13, 20171 votes

i don't really see how adding 300 damage to someone is a "QoL update" though.

sit kidJun 13, 20171 votes

Has to do with target prioritization... The way Ezreals E targeting works seems flawed considering an ability like Ahris W prioritizes as it does.

nice tableJun 13, 20171 votes

imagine if ahri w didn't prioritize champions and then you changed it so it did, not a "harmless QoL update semi buff" now is it?

sit kidJun 13, 20171 votes

It's not because it hasn't done damage to champions like ever and litterally just is a damage buff. Ezreal is sitting with one of the lowest performances in bot lane atm, and a buff just can't be debated. And even make his targeting on his E focus like EVERY other ability in the game? How can you even argue against that?

nice tableJun 13, 20171 votes

im not arguing against buffing ezreal even though i hate the fruitcake but calling this a "small harmless QoL change not really even a buff" is just stupid.

sit kidJun 13, 20171 votes

It's a QoL buff. Happy now?

Pierce The VealJun 13, 20171 votes

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Has to do with target prioritization... The way Ezreals E targeting works seems flawed considering an ability like Ahris W prioritizes as it does.

Which is funny because Ahri mains have been complaining that even her W doesn't have consistent targeting.

sit kidJun 13, 20171 votes

Isn't that like... a long time ago?

Also, the W range center is from each orb, basically meaning you have 3 different ranges that your orbs can focus from. Also why orbs often just dont insta-hit champions when at max range. They have to get close enough.

At least what I've experienced :L

Pierce The VealJun 13, 20171 votes

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Isn't that like... a long time ago?

Also, the W range center is from each orb, basically meaning you have 3 different ranges that your orbs can focus from. Also why orbs often just dont insta-hit champions when at max range. They have to get close enough.

At least what I've experienced :L

Nope, the problems are back because he W has such a short range, and eah orb has its own range, so you can usually at most get 1 off onto enemy champion. 2 if you're lucky, three if you dash literally onto them and there are no minions or other champions to be seen.

AirKingNeoJun 13, 20171 votes

Doesn't sound like a bad idea. Problem with Ezreal has always been meta, and of course Ezreal's scaling is weird.

SpârkyJun 13, 20171 votes

Right now he is at his lowest point in a while. He is normally like the A tier adc but I think as of this past 2ish patches he dropped to the B tier . So this might not be a bad idea for a small buff.

AirKingNeoJun 13, 20171 votes

This idea sounds more like something that should already be in the game.

Morgan le FeyJun 13, 20171 votes

Yeah, it sounds like a good QoL buff that would be beneficial in general, and his current lull is a great time to sneak it in there without worrying about accidentally breaking him somehow.

DoozkuJun 13, 20171 votes

was gonna say that he doesn't need a buff, but a small buff like this would be fine. In fact, I'm not surprised it doesn't already do this.

DivewingJun 13, 20171 votes

I am ready for the second AP Ezreal meta >:D

TBH that buff alone probably wouldnt be enough

SteelflameJun 13, 20171 votes

Lol, the "second" AP Ezreal meta.

Ezreal on release was an AP champion. His W used to be so rediculously overloaded (Heal, damage, AS slow on enemies, AS buff on allies), and he had better AP ratios to boot.

Runeglave Ezreal was just a pale mimicry of the old horrors of AP Ezreal. At least he wasn't healing his team for several hundred HP every few seconds.

DivewingJun 13, 20171 votes

Really? Huh... might check out some vids of that

RengoooJun 13, 20171 votes

Ezreal could probably benefit from a reworked W, it would be a good place to somehow give him a little bit of power if it were made into a spell that AD Ezreal can make decent use of, right now its not far off an AP only spell.

Pater GascoigneJun 13, 20171 votes

I remember being able to heal allies with your W. Those were the times

137434Jun 13, 20171 votes

The problem is you can't give Ez that much more power, he is generally in a good spot most of the time even when his W is useless to AD Ez. There is also the question of how you make a new W that feels different enough from his Q.

crippler38Jun 13, 20171 votes

Ez can give himself the W buff by teleporting into it, thus giving him a massive attack speed steroid if he so chooses to use his escape and w at the same time (which both have rather low cds thanks to his q mechanic).

ParvatiShallowJun 13, 20171 votes

Haha 20-40% attack speed is massive? It is maxed last for a reason on AD ez.

crippler38Jun 13, 20171 votes

Combined with his passive attack speed buff?

I'd say that's pretty damn good value.

Don't give me that 'oh they're different things' nonsense either, I just had the brainwave that just by having your w active you definitely have your passive going since you hit something.

FCJAAAAGOOOOJun 13, 20171 votes

Particularly, it sucks just how awful his teamfighting capabilities are when there's a creep wave involved.

DoktorKaiserJun 13, 20171 votes

But its the part of his kit where you can express your skill with the champion. There are better ways to buff ezreal without making him easier to play.

BasedNerdJun 13, 20171 votes

...What? He's talking about the little projectile that fires out after you use your E? I'm not sure how this makes this easier to play? This is just a matter of consistency

DoktorKaiserJun 13, 20171 votes

Hmmmm I played Ezreal as long as I can remember and I am pretty sure it targets the closest thing you E to, but people here keep mentioning that it focuses on champs sometimes and sometimes not. Am I that retarded that I havent noticed that or what? If I am right and it only targets the closest enemy unit then its an expression of skill because you have to E closer to enemy champ than the minion but just enough so you dont literally go melee into them and fuck yourself over :S

BlåbæretJun 13, 20171 votes

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...What? He's talking about the little projectile that fires out after you use your E? I'm not sure how this makes this easier to play? This is just a matter of consistency

It's a change that definitely makes him easier to play.

BlåbæretJun 13, 20171 votes

Ez doesn't need buffs. Needs nerfs to his safety before any other buffs.

TyroneWatermelonJun 13, 20171 votes

How about make his W a functioning spell?

Ithil SnekJun 13, 20171 votes

Ezreal don't need buffs, new items buf him. http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/animalcrossing/images/8/81/Kappa.png/revision/latest?cb=20160722204306&path-prefix=fr

Its All SkillzzJun 13, 20171 votes

I been asking for a change like that for awhile now, i want it to only hit champions, im sick of escaping over a wall only to get fked by the baron/dragon/jungle camp that awaits on the other side, or ambushsing someone who is farming only for my E to hit a minion an i go in an get fucked up like an idiot an they live with 5 hp, but i do agree a buff like this will put ap ezreal over the top in lane bully, if you max W and E at lvl 9 he would prob 100-0 you anytime he wanted with a revolver lol.

SwiftKitten88Jun 13, 20171 votes

i dont see whats wrong with this suggestion...

but it doubt it will happen.. i have been asking riot for years to make Nidalee takedown prioritize hunted targets

its REALLY annoying when u land a spear on somone and they run into a minion wave so when you pounce in (which is a TARGETED ability) and you use Q it randomly hits a minion (or a tower) and not the target you just clicked on... usually getting you killed.