Talk:Ezreal/@comment-4734989-20121021143628/@comment-5481392-20121023155723

You max w first as ad ez to trade better. Q is basically a long range linear AA. So your poke doesn't really suffer from not leveling it. Meanwhile W passes through minions making harass easier and gives an attack speed slow to trade better in skirmishes. It also has higher base scaling. Typically you would go q-e-w-w-w-r-w-q-w-q-r-q-q-e-e-r-e-e as having q and e available early are too important to give up, but leveling w is better overall for laning and skirmishes.