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Ezreal and Essence Reaver

MagnumStein·2/4/2016, 3:27:01 AM·3 votes·2,343 views

Can we talk about how underwhelming item 3508 is on Ezreal ?

item 3508 is supposed to be the Cool-down, mana sustain marksman item, but I still find myself running out of mana on Ezreal .

I think the problem is that item 3508 requires that you crit to get mana back and seeing as Ezreal main source of damage(Mystic Shot) can't crit, it puts him in an awkward state with the item.

Possible Solution: Mystic Shot able to crit for no extra damage but instead add some utility to the utility marksman, If Mystic Shot crit it slows the target for 20% MS, if Mystic Shot crits it increases the CD reduction by .5 sec. I think you can be really creative with it but the main key would be to make it crit so that item 3508 can live up to it's full potential on Ezreal.

TL;DR item 3508 isn't great on Ezreal cause mystic shot can't crit, make mystic shot able to crit for more utility rather than damage so item 3508 can be great on Ezreal .

Edit: Okay the suggestion I posted for what Mystic Shot could do if it crits are not what I'm arguing here, they were just ideas that came to my head so that I wasn't just saying "makes Mystic Shot crit for an item to work".

Edit 2: Can people stop making the argument "that isn't how you're supposed to build Ezreal, use Muramana it's better" I am well aware of this. That is not the point, the point is build diversity and the fact that you can only build ezreal with one set of particular items to make him relevant upsets me. If I build ezreal with crit like other adcs I don't want to get punished for it, but I'm not asking for rewards either, I was not suggesting that he get more damage this way or even more utility I was just suggesting an option an option that would change him slightly if built a different way.

I love Ezreal, he's the first champion I mastered and I love blue build, I was just offering a new way of building him if his Mystic Shot allowed it. and instead of treating this like a discussion where you offer your own Ideas and opinions, all I've got are "that's not how you're supposed to build him" comments.

17 Comments

Miraweave2/4/2016, 3:30:41 AM1 votes

"Hey guys can we give the best ADC in the game a massive buff?"

ofart2/4/2016, 3:32:08 AM1 votes

He's not the best ADC, he has his own nice but isn't overall best. No ADC really is atm. Lucian, Kalista, Ezreal, Corki and Vayne all have a good niche. But yeah, crit. Ezreal is dead.

heckin dead2/4/2016, 3:37:45 AM1 votes

I find myself critting plenty with ER>TF>IE>BT build. Stop building that blue ez garbage and you will crit.

Girard2/4/2016, 3:39:23 AM1 votes

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Bonipherus2/4/2016, 3:59:18 AM1 votes

er and trinity were supposed to be the go-to ezreal items.... well... surprise! they're not. Er doesn't work on his q and trinity only gives 20% crit meaning only 10% cdr from er. This lower crit means lower mana sustain and less dps. Ez either needs to get ie third item or find the other 10% cdr elsewhere when running these items.

There was also an oversight on ezreal where getting 40% cdr lowers the cooldown of q to below 1.5 seconds (1.2 I believe) meaning it loses some synergy with spellblade passives.

muramana is seen as the superior item due to the better mana relief for ez as well as the strong toggle that synergizes with q and autos. It also gives a respectable amount of ad and even more when paired with mana from a sheen item.

LordGeovanni2/4/2016, 4:07:46 AM1 votes

auto attack. adcs got everything in 1 and still want more

heckin dead2/4/2016, 4:11:03 AM1 votes

After all the games I've played on ezreal, standing back and smashing q isn't going to win you anything. Sure the slow from item 3025 can help secure a kill, but in a teamfight, if you just sit back and smash q you will lose the teamfight (or just plain get carried). You have a passive for a reason, building crit items like I mentioned above does huge damage IF YOU AUTO....can't stand an ezreal that doesn't auto.

Sohleks2/4/2016, 4:13:20 AM1 votes

Yeah ER isn't the build to go on Ezreal. He doesn't work fantastically with a crit build compared to on-hit stuff. Maybe unless you give Ezreal 25k gold... which at that point Ezreal is not the ideal marksmen.

Forgo'ing trinity procs or frozen gauntlet which are garuanteed awesome for Ezreal's Q to potentially outperform with lower cooldowns requiring 100% accuracy and sustained combat time turns out to be not as effective

Basically quality ezreal Qs > quantity

ER is in a weird spot where it's only really good on Lucian because he gets more mobility and passive procs from it... And Corki I guess... but I prefer TF/IE/RF on him now.