Talk:Draven/@comment-99.238.58.80-20120626190802

Here's a comparison of Draven with Ezreal (my main):

Base stats mostly the same.

Draven deals hands-down more overall damage. He has 10% less attack speed potential than Ezreal but he reaches +40% instantly whereas Ezreal has to build it up. Regardless, Spinning Blades + his passive is simply more damage than Mystic Shot + autoattack. His ult simply deals more damage as well, it deals more base damage, scales better, and deals physical rather than magical so it benefits from things like armor pen. Ezreal's ult is significantly shorter CD (especially with his Q), however.

Draven is stronger in laning phase. Spinning Blades + passive is easy to connect and deals significant damage. Ezreal's Mystic Shot poke is almost impossible to connect against any opponent with half a brain and keeps a minion in between. A popular tactic though is to push the lane to the tower, making these pokes easier to connect without minions in the way, but that's more dangerous because it's easier to be ganked that way. There's also Essence Flux harrass which is popular in Korea, but that method is still less damage than Draven's poke while costing far more mana.

Draven has better ganks/chase. Spinning blades land where you're moving towards so picking up blades is easy while chasing and allows you to keep up a permanent +60% movement speed. Not to mention a knockback + slow. Ezreal has a flash and then.. the guy gets away unless you have red buff.

Draven and Ezreal have about equal utility. Draven can save squishies and slow down gankers/runners. Ezreal has a massive attack speed buff/debuff that can both cripple enemy carries and buff your fighters. Draven has better utility in skirmishes but Ezreal does better in lategame teamfight utility.

Ezreal has the better escape. Ghost is good but Flash saves lives.

Ezreal has a better mid/lategame poke.

And finally, Ezreal is far more consistent. If Draven isn't catching his Spinning Blades he quickly tapers off after 3 seconds and then has to wait on CDs. CC really hurts Draven. Ezreal has no problem keeping up his attack speed buff all game long and his Mystic Shot is half the CD of Spinning Blades (assuming Draven doesn't catch it).

So, who's better? I'd say Draven is better in normal / low elo games where CC is less of an issue. However in high elo games where people actively want to deny blade catching, Ezreal is better.