Please buff ezreal

KazyYaks·Aug 23, 2015·1 votes·495 views

Hey! One of my favorite champions is ezreal, and i have been noticing that ezreal really does not have a spot in any role (to be effective). I have been playing him and feeling like i don't do anything but poke and and last hit people. I just played a match vs a MF, i did ok in the early game, but later on she would do tons of damage while i hardly did anything ;/. I was really sad not going to lie, I have great ideas like maybe you could make it so his W made him do increase crit and and and a speed boost for kiting. Anyways thanks for having the time to read this, please give me some feed back if u agree or if u disagree!

4 Comments

SwapShadowsAug 23, 20151 votes

He's in a fine spot, good ezreals that auto inbetween spells and don't go tear when they are losing lane will find it easy to do a lot of damage.

He has a spot as a carry, utility carry with iceborn, AP mid and he works in a poke comp

joebobby1412Aug 23, 20151 votes

He is limited to ADC, his AP mid counter-part is incredibly weak and should not be played if you are trying to win.

In the role of ADC he isn't meant to be a stand there and AA till they are all dead kind of ADC - see MF.

You say he is one of your favorites, so you probably understand that and you should appreciate how strong Ezreal can be when played properly.

KougaAug 23, 20151 votes

Recently, I've had more fun/success playing AP Ez than AD Ez.

KougaAug 23, 20151 votes

Hey there Kazy!

Always happy to meet another Ezreal player. He's been my main ever since he was released. I've been around for a while.. like, since the beta. ^ 7 ^ )b

So I feel pretty strongly about Ezreal. He definitely has a place, but he's been crowded out over time by other Champions. His early identities (noticeably a "safe, high mobile" ADC) has been diminished to some extent by the rise of other, more mobile ADCs (and Champions in general).

I go more in-depth on the topic Here but the gist of it is that he doesn't scale as well into the late-game because Ezreal does not utilize Crits as well as other ADCs. He can't duel effectively against another late game carry, so he relies on poking and sniping behind his team; but without a late game damage amp he just doesn't hold the same weight.

Overall, changing his Crit chance isn't going to have as strong of an impact as I think Ezreal needs. He needs some kind of "damage amp" or alternative damage source. For your average ADC, Crit chance is their damage amp. For Vayne, its her Silver Bolts %HP damage. Ezreal sorta has this (since Q is basically AA+Ratios, and TF buffs the damage) but it just doesn't hold up for the kind of damage an ADC is expected to put out.