Talk:Ezreal/@comment-4262617-20141216095416/@comment-24621775-20150128014657

To me, the problem with AP Ez is that he has a kit that wants to roam, with no good way to push out the lane other than blowing ult (his most important damage spell). Without his ult, AP Ez' ganks are mediocre at best. Without using it to push out your lane, you're losing a ton of farm/ XP.

If Riot wanted Ezreal's AP off build to actually be viable, they would make it so that W could damage minions. To prevent it from being OP, all they would have to do is make it so that W on minions wouldn't stack his passive (which would be OP for AD Ezreal in lane), and make it so that W did half damage to minions. That way, he could push the lane without it being insane, and Ezreal's AP build could actually be a legit build path, instead of the novelty niche build it is today.