Talk:Ezreal/@comment-151.166.15.114-20110805175306/@comment-2124153-20110808201451

The only time that you can't start with Long Sword and 2 pots, is when you are planning on teamfighting at level 1. If so, you go with Sword + pot and deal with it. But this only happens in high-level play. If you are going mid and that's not an issue, the second pot is only 10g away, which you can get by sitting on the circle for a few seconds once minions spawn.

It's laughable to claim that the lifesteal on Doran's means anything, when you need to do 10,000 on-hit physical damage just to heal back 300 health from one and a half potions. Meanwhile, the sword + potion (or two) combination gives you 100-300 health worth of extra harass.

And also, as I said, it gets you closer to a core item than Ezreal with a Doran's (which ultimately costs you 237g to rent, since Doran's items only sell for half). Wriggle's Lantern has legitimate sustain from significant lifesteal. Brutalizer has serious DPS implications. Etc.

Run with your Doran's. I have the same harass and sustain that you do, except I finish my core items sooner.