Talk:Ezreal/@comment-8121733-20160115205358/@comment-24385282-20160120031822

Lucian and Corki not poke-based?

For Lucian, he's supposed to line up his Piercing Light to hit enemies up to 1100 units away and combo with his long-ranged Ardent Blaze, Lightslinger double-auto, and low-cooldown Relentless Pursuit dash to land harass and get away without giving the enemy time to trade, which is poke. Corki's got URF levels of spam on a 1225-range Missile Barrage, plus a 1075 max range Phosphorous Bomb to poke without getting in his short autoattack range, which is also poke. Just because these champions need to get into close range for their best damage patterns doesn't mean they aren't poke-based. That's like if Katarina had 700 range on Sinister Steel but people refused to call her poke just because her offensive pattern is heavily reliant on leaping in with Shunpo and she needs to get into melee range for her burst.

Also, Ezreal does gain the attack speed portion of Essence Flux, or at least he can if you play him well. Essence Flux's decently high base damage allows him to use it for poke on enemy champions, and it helps him siege turrets by granting it to a line of his allies. Its a powerful spell for a multitude of reasons, and definitely serves purpose (since when is an ability's value determined by whether or not it can damage minions?).