Talk:Ezreal/@comment-36067310-20180928180920/@comment-26808509-20180929053311

Hm I doubt that. Looking through the Ezreal Reddit and testing it myself, a lot of (AP) Ezreal mains agree that the AP build is heavily nerfed. The damage is slightly down by 20% AP scaling less, but that isn't the problem. It's heavily compensated by the fact that E now is guaranteed to hit (if you E agressivly towards them) so the damage he does is less but more reliable. The turret damage is also insane with enough AP and Lich Bane.

However, and that is where the nerf hits hard, it's no longer AoE. And that's something that a lot of people underestimate. AP Ezreals strength in the late game was not only the high burst with his Lich Bane Q and W, but also the fact that he could dish out a lot of consitant AoE damage in teamfights. It didn't matter if the enemy had a good frontline, his W could hit all of them. The new W however is blockable by tanks, and is no longer AoE, means the only thing an Ez can do in teamfights now is poking with (a slightly nerfed) Q. And in this case AD Ezreal would be simply better. Reliable Lane poke is gone aswell, because the W alone does nothing. You can still snipe champs through minions, but you have to hit an additional Q/AA/E to actually deal damage. Means his laning phase (which was pretty bad t begin with) and his teamfighting is worse. The only thing that has been buffed is his turret pushing and his 1v1 assassination. And both are things that others just can do better.