Jungle Ezreal fits his thematic better than lane Ezreal

Oakleaf Ranger·Oct 12, 2017·212 votes·5,229 views

He is the guy who goes on adventures and takes risks. Sitting in a lane and working with somebody for a prolonged period of time just doesn't fit his theme IMO.

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Taliyah RocksOct 12, 2017102 votes

Lots of things don't make any sense lorewise in this game. Thresh support???? He's like the Freddy Krueger of LoL... what is he doing babysitting someone else... Sion that says he's never backing down from a fight and then ults away

But worse... Gragas legit throws aways kegs at enemies... WHAT ALCOHOLIC WOULD THROW AWAY BARRELS OF BEER???

Velzard of KozOct 12, 201710 votes

And we still don't know where Gangplank's ship that he signals with his ult to shoot is harbouring on Summoner's Rift. Or the ship has very very very long bombard range.

ThefrostyvikingOct 12, 201714 votes

What kind of rich former pirate king does not have magic cannons on his ship?

Naturally those things have massive range, can't be known as the bully of the high seas without them.

And take a moment to consider the exquisite quality of the black powder he uses for his barrels and guns, a rich pirate would of course use it for his cannons as well.

It makes perfect sense that cannons with range enhancing magic+top tier and possibly magic gunpowder got outrageous range^^

YiffMeImAFurryOct 12, 20173 votes

Considering the location of the fields of justice and the curvature of the planet, the flare he fires up to signal his ship shouldn't be visible at all to his crew. The powder charge you'd need to launch a projectile that far is huge, let's not forget the fact there's no way for them to estimate the distance. What about wind speeds? Accuracy? How close is that boat? We can hear the guns firing. But there's no bays nearby. Maybe the cannons are so loud anyone close enough goes deaf.

Or just discount the fact gangplank is dead anyways

Comerade SylasOct 12, 20173 votes

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Considering the location of the fields of justice and the curvature of the planet, the flare he fires up to signal his ship shouldn't be visible at all to his crew. The powder charge you'd need to launch a projectile that far is huge, let's not forget the fact there's no way for them to estimate the distance. What about wind speeds? Accuracy? How close is that boat? We can hear the guns firing. But there's no bays nearby. Maybe the cannons are so loud anyone close enough goes deaf.

Or just discount the fact gangplank is dead anyways

He´s not dead! He just lost an arm and will "TAKE BACK WHAT´S MINE" now. Bilgewater will be his once more!

JRobin31Oct 12, 20171 votes

Now I'm surprised he doesn't have a Pulsefire skin.

ThefrostyvikingOct 12, 20172 votes

He does have the dreadnova, pretty much the slightly less fancy but evil version.

ArakadiaOct 12, 201714 votes

Before I knew lore and when I played some of old GP, I thought his ship was in the sky.

4th3t0sOct 12, 201712 votes

http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/67/677aa65607b4d8a7986d0b064c5c6d07d5fe798964152810292c5b0eaf44cedd.jpg

Daedric EtwahlOct 12, 20173 votes

yeah i thought he stole Swain's airship? I could be wrong though

KoKobotoOct 12, 201727 votes

Thresh makes sense because he doens't want to kill like a carry. He wants to flay people around continuously and what better role than support to do that.

5000000000000000Oct 12, 20175 votes

Top lane/jungle bruiser or tank?

KoKobotoOct 12, 201725 votes

Sure if you want to I guess?

Wanna play Yasuo like a wanderer? Go jungle as well.

Wanna play Galio as a statue? Stay in base until a team fight breaks out and join in at the last second if the enemy team uses magic.

######That sounds pretty fun tbh...

Velzard of KozOct 12, 201716 votes

Wanna play Karthus like someone obssesed with death? Intfeed and watch your funeral 20 times a game.

CatastropOct 12, 201710 votes

Old Karthus would be super into that considering his lore.

TheMoralSupportOct 13, 20172 votes

This thread is amazing.

TonyTonyMordecaiOct 12, 20177 votes

Watch me whip

Now watch me flay

Thresh

TerozuOct 12, 20176 votes

Watch me whip whip, now watch me flay flay.

MhihnjOct 13, 20174 votes

https://i.imgur.com/BmD6UdR.jpg

LordRedStone Nr1Oct 14, 20172 votes

Now watch me flip - and run awa - way. Now watch me flip - Uh! Chase me! Chase me! Singed

LexLutheran87Oct 13, 20172 votes

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Thresh makes sense because he doens't want to kill like a carry. He wants to flay people around continuously and what better role than support to do that.

I have personally been witness to a thresh top make wukong cry all the way back to the Nexus. the passive has a lot of strength in top lane.

EmperorPenguOct 12, 20177 votes

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Lots of things don't make any sense lorewise in this game. Thresh support???? He's like the Freddy Krueger of LoL... what is he doing babysitting someone else... Sion that says he's never backing down from a fight and then ults away

But worse... Gragas legit throws aways kegs at enemies... WHAT ALCOHOLIC WOULD THROW AWAY BARRELS OF BEER???

The alcoholic that knows he will magically get it back right after

ElipoOct 12, 20171 votes

he just supports kalista in lore?

CasterGilgameshOct 12, 20174 votes

Kalista has no tie to thresh other then being corrupted by the mist

AFilthyCaitMainOct 12, 20175 votes

Where tf does Caitlyn get all the cupcakes from

Bottom LanerOct 13, 20175 votes

Lulu giggles

Hexs FortuneOct 12, 201756 votes

Sion running away at 100 miles a hour yelling "Cowaaaaards!"

[sg-miss-fortune]

TwitchInMyPantsOct 13, 20172 votes

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Sion running away at 100 miles a hour yelling "Cowaaaaards!"

[sg-miss-fortune]

TBH if they locked all ranged champs and are camping you that almost makes sense

Though he still is a titanic sized zombified one man army running away yelling as if he's a badass, the amusement factor is still high

Slythrin UmbreonOct 12, 201718 votes

You belong in a Jungle! You belong in a Jungle! You belong in a Jungle! You belong in a Jungle! You belong in a Jingle! You belong in a Jangle! You belong in a Jungle! You belong in a Jungle! [sg-ezreal]

Oakleaf RangerOct 12, 201711 votes

"Who needs a map."

Makes more sense in the jungle then just saying randomly in bot lane.

DessemOct 12, 20176 votes

ADC Ezreal doesn't need to look at the mini-map, since his support will do it for him. :D

Meanwhile jungle Ezreal needs it to decide where to gank.

OyddAWqJ5rOct 12, 201717 votes

To be completely honest I wouldn't mind him being reworked slightly into an actual jungler. And with that nerfing his currently ridiculous gank pattern (E in at near flash range, proc red buff from 1100 units away and then auto chase).

It's worse than early game Elise ganks and she's the queen of early game ganks.

KoKobotoOct 12, 20178 votes

I don't think it's worse. In fact I think Elise is better.

Only difference is that Elise has a few seconds from rappel whereas Ezreal is more unpredictable. I'd put Elise above Ezreal still because she has CC and more up-front burst.

Rework Elise

AwoofOct 12, 20171 votes

Well, you are free to think that, but I think reality looks different. Ezreal shits on your lane way faster than Elise.

KoKobotoOct 12, 20173 votes

In "reality" Elise has a higher win rate early game than Ezreal and just overall.

In other words her early game is stronger.

Packun FlowerOct 12, 201715 votes

Graves transitioned from ADC to Jungler, there is no reason why Ezreal can't either.

ArakadiaOct 12, 20175 votes

Yes there is.

First of all just cause Graves mains were alienated if they like ADC more doesn't mean it's okay to alienate Ezreal mains.

Second of all Graves was not inteiobally turned into a jungler only by Riot. It's just ADC graves was nerfed too hard.

KaeblenOct 12, 20174 votes

how can you say it will alienate Ezreal players, when they are the ones making the innovation first?

Votable JesterOct 12, 20173 votes

I mean I absolutely hate jungling and Ezreal was my preferred adc down bot.

ArakadiaOct 12, 20174 votes

You say that like most ezreal players are playing him and want him in jungle.

Part of the reason people take him jungle is because he isn't strong bot lane.

The Yetii RiderOct 12, 20171 votes

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Graves transitioned from ADC to Jungler, there is no reason why Ezreal can't either.

Graves's transition was because of changes Riot made to his kit.

Ezreal's transition is largely due to his reliance on mana to farm in lane. There is no AD mana item, but the knife gives 225% regen in the jungle.

In this situation, Riot is kind of being forced by the playerbase to address a champion who suffers from a serious lack of identity (an AD mage with no CC? What the fuck do you even do with that?)

The quick bandaid fix is already on the PBE, making Manamune stack faster because Archangel's already stacks twice as fast as Tear while having more mana refunding.

The long term fix is giving Ezreal a brand new W to make up for how long they've left Essence Flux butchered and useless. And all the AP Ez mid players will cry and moan and I won't give a shit because they had all these years to enjoy their champ at the expense of people who want to play Ez bot.

TerozuOct 12, 20172 votes

Ummm manamune exists...

The ÖutcastOct 12, 20172 votes

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Graves transitioned from ADC to Jungler, there is no reason why Ezreal can't either.

except for the fact that he has a 47 percent win rate and is a garbage jungler in general. I've never seen one win.

My Waifu VanillaOct 12, 20175 votes

Were you around last year/early this year when it was Graves/Kha/Lee Sin/Ivern 24/7 all solo carrying the game? How about in competitive games for almost 2 months it was almost EXCLUSIVELY Graves VS Ivern? Graves is NOT good right now because he got hit with the Nerf N-Strike Sword like 10 times because he was so incredibly overtuned and then all his items kept getting nerfed (BC went to more health and I believe the DD/PD combo also got hit at one point).