Talk:Ezreal/@comment-4012115-20110713150854/@comment-3238314-20110714192508

What you're Implying that Tank anivia and AD dps annie can't carry games, which isn't entirely true, I'm afraid.

We're not talking about viabilty as in being able to carry a game, because in low elos or simply against bad opponents, almost anything works. We're talking about viability as in good at any elo.

AP Ezreal used to have only W to rely on outside his ultimate. E was and still is in most circumstances, best used as an escape. Lich bane is worse than sheen before you get more than 100 ap, and even then, Ezreal has the problem of actually hitting with his skills.

The simple extreme weakness early game (to the point where he can barely hold his own in case he's ganked or focused) still makes AP Ezreal a problem, tough not as much as before, due to ratio, mana cost, and cooldown improvements.

Still, his weak early/mid game, mediocre presence in team fights until he can stack some AP and get Lich Bane, due to unreliable, low damage, bad survivability, and bad farming capacity (low damage on AA and Q, W doesn't hit minions) make AP Ezreal less then viable.

It's one of the reasons why you won't find an approve guide on solo mid or Mobafire that would advise you to go full AP.

It's how it's been ever since his heal nerf. All solo mid featured and approved guides are AD, and only two high rated guides on mobafire are ap, and one of them has AP as only one of 4 builds. Leaguecraft has the first two that are voted in the numbers of hundreds on AD. The first two AP are rated only as "good", with <20 votes.

And this even with his AP buffs.

I'm not revisioning anything, just stating facts.