Hey Riot, any plans on Ezreal and his mediocre W? @Meddler @Riot

FonDooce·Sep 28, 2016·1 votes·436 views

Like, it's been 4 years since his W felt lackluster, and Riot has proven that they actually care when something in a champion's kit feels bad (like Pre-unrework Kog's Q, Jinx's Q before her recent QoL changes, Post-rework Zyra's Q, etc.)

I mean, ever since the attack speed slow on it was removed, most Ezreal players don't even put a point in it until lvl 13, and even so, if they put 1 at lvl 4, it's to stack Tear a lot more quickly and easily.

Any plans on an Ezreal W rework? I can dig up some old threads for some examples of reworks for Ezreal's W and maybe you can also share to us your thoughts on Ezreal's current spot and your plans for him in the future.

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130xSep 28, 20161 votes

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FonDooceSep 28, 20161 votes

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How about when ice guantlet is gone

iceborn is a terrible buy on Ezreal now (except if you're low elo and your team refuses to peel for you)

item 3078 is just better in every single way, and most pro players buy it instead of iceborn for the double damage sheen proc, the attack speed, same amount of cdr, and the rage passive for more efficient kiting

it's just so much better now that it gives more attack speed and the same amount of cdr as iceborn gives

even the stats don't lie:

http://champion.gg/champion/Ezreal/ADC

47.2% winrate with Iceborn Gauntlet

50.6% winrate with Trinity Force

RebonackSep 28, 20161 votes

Kog's targeted Q was fine, especially if you rolled with a MR shred build on him. It allowed Kog to successfully duel pretty much any other squishy in the game-

-provided they tried to jump him.

The new Q is better at softening up front line targets, which is also useful. Just different. The new one helps Kog's ideal use case (stand back and pew pew the front line) while the old one helped Kog deal with his worst-case scenario (someone gets into auto-attack range of him).