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AP Ezreal midlane

ImFromTrollTown·10/4/2013, 7:06:54 AM·1 votes·78 views

I've been playing some different champions lately and I've fallen upon Ezreal, who I've come to fall in love with, He can dominate the midlane, given that you dodge opposing attacks with your Arcane Shift, and can hit those much needed skill shots from your Essence Flux and Mystic Shot. But as I started playing him more I notice that he is at a fairly large disadvantage to opposing AP champions.

If you're building AP Ezreal, you depend on your basic attacks to clear minions, and your q can also be used, but it's more than likely used for poke do to it only being able to hit one target. Then I thought, Why doesn't his E Do damage to minions to provide him with better wave clear, much like his ult. It would provide him with better wave clear through his abilities, while also slightly decreasing the amount of damage his w does to champions if their are minions in the way.

I believe that this would give Ezreal's AP abilities more balance and allow him to be able to more rely on farm rather than kills, which is how it has been in all of my experiences. I'm not completely complaining about this, nor will I expect my idea's to come to life, I'm only asking if there could be a possibility to give AP Ezreal a little better wave clear.

Thank you

1 Comments

Akira Kid4110/14/2013, 7:33:08 PM1 votes

I also love AP ez in mid. And while I understand why you would like his essence flux to clear minions, I actually prefer that it doesn't. Your suggestion would greatly trade his harrass/poke ability in exchange for wave clearing. As essence flux works now, you can dish out huge single target damage on the opponent, w/o pushing the minion wave. This adds further value to his poke, keeping the minions centralized, if not closer to your own tower, and farther from the opponent's safety of their own tower. This forces your opponent to stay more centralized in their lane if they want to pick up creep score, and if you have been landing shots on them, wounded and extremely vulnerable to ganks from the jungle.
Adding minion damage to essence flux would only push your opponent under their tower, where they can safely clear minion waves, and in turn leave yourself extremely vulnerable to the opposing jungle. EZ has great escape but lacks any cc to really stop any advancer from eating him up once he actually gets caught.
I see this recommendation frequently and would like to state that IMO, this change to essence flux would completely shift Ezreal's viability in the mid lane, as well as take away the core mechanic that makes him so unique as a mid lane apc.
My suggestion to you would be to start a doran's ring, and rush an early sheen. The proc added to his mystic shot, as well as the ap ratio really bumps up his dps output in the early game, as well as lets him manage minion waves as effectively as any adc or apc.