Talk:Ezreal/@comment-26808509-20170905164724

Although he was getting buffed recently I don't feel like he is worth to play at the moment. I mean, why should u play an ADC whos damage is tied to cooldowns, can miss his main damage source and falls off late because he can't really utilize crit. I mean, sure, he can build it but with a build like that he will end up with a Q that tickles and low AA range.

That his DPS isn't comparable to traditional ADC's is well known but he allways had a good power spike with Trinity and Muramana, making him a strong midgame pick. But with all these tanks running around and the strength of crit ADC's paired with Arden Censar he cant really do this anymore. For the same gold a Tristana would have Trinity and Stattiks, but Ardent Censar into it and Ezreal won't be nearly as effective. He is however still pretty safe and has good poke, I'm just not sure if that's enough. And that he is played in Jungle right now shows me that it isn't.

I would suggest to finally rework his W. While it's essential for AP Ezreal, it's almost useless for AD. The AS buff only applies to you if you E into it and giving allies the AS is only good if you are pushing a tower really. Even for AP Ez, the AS isn't really needed. Sure, you can make flashy plays where you W the enemy, E into it and hammer him down with Q and AA's but that's really risky and doesn't really justify this spell. I would like to see somthing that would be usefull for both versions. Like a slow or something. I mean, Ezreals DPS is lower than most ADC's and to top that he has no CC in his kit. It consits in damage and mobility, both not being enough to make him an option for the ADC role at the moment. And for other lanes he lacks waveclear. A slow would at least give him utilty. It would make him kite too hard tho...

Maybe they could make his W mark enemies instead and the next Q or AA onto that target would prock it and deal damage (maybe %health damage or something but scaling with AP). That would increase his damage but only if he is able to attack more than once, so it would increase his DPS without buffing his poke too much (unless u hit two skillshots but that would be fair to my mind).