Talk:Ezreal/@comment-4008256-20110603153703/@comment-4031457-20110604104235

I can see why you might be choosing between the two - they're both relatively long range carries who are capable of sniping kills.

It depends on what you're after as well as your playstyle. Kog'Maw is a hard carry who melts anything he touches, doing shitloads of %hp magic damage at long range in very short amounts of time while sniping those who get away. However, he lacks survivability - if you blow your summoners, all you have is a line nuke slow to help you escape, so you're quite reliant on your team to survive. However, late game Kog is something to be feared. You will be the main damage dealer on your team. Kog's playstyle in teamfights is a lot similar to Tristana: activate your steroid, right click someone and stare them down until they die.

Ez, on the other hand, is more of a mobile burst carry (if AD) or AoE mage (if AP) who does less damage than Kog'Maw but makes up for it with survivability. Whether AP or AD, most of your success as Ezreal is going to rely on the strength of your skillshots, and you shorter autoattack range means that if you want to do carry-like damage, you're going to have to be in the fight, whereas Kog does the greatest damage as far out of the battle as possible. You're still quite capable of carrying your team, but you won't be doing it with Kog's immense damage. As stated before though, Ez has a lot more safety with a (relatively) low CD Flash on his E, so you'll find yourself having a little more independence than the success of Kog'Maw.

I enjoy playing both, honestly. It can be quite amazing to just melt down targets late game when you're playing as Kog, and it can be satisfying pulling off successful snipes with your ult to stop people getting away. The funniest mid battle I saw recently was against a Kog'Maw and a Karthus, as it didn't matter who killed who first, the other would always die immediately after. :P However, I personally find Ezreal's playstyle to be the most fun in the game (as fun as Lee Sin IMO), even if he isn't the highest damage dealer, and he makes up for it with a great deal of mobility.