Talk:Ezreal/@comment-31543294-20181014010129/@comment-28642928-20181016145314

AP has almost always been arguably viable and underwhelming ,specially now after his W change,you used to be able to hit several champions on a straight line with his W or behind minions, well not anymore.

I think that this change made Ezreal ap weaker because of this change to his W(you have to hit the desired target twice and nothing can be between his W and the target), but it was kinda meh anyways, a mage with no cc but decent amount of damage(and just 1 aoe ability) and also his E is great to chase or reposition, and yeah you could purchase gauntlet but lichbane is pretty much mandatory on ap Ezreal scales way better with the ap that you get late game.

And well as the comment above me said mana is less of a liability now that he can regain 110 mana back easily during the laning phase but the fact that he has 0 cc is still there.

So at the end of the day, his W is feels better during the laning phase since you can regain mana easily but way less reliable in teamfights since you have to proc it in order for that ability to work, his old W allowed you to bypass the enemy frontline or minions but not anymore and his ap ratios have been nerfed a bit,not as good as pretty much any other standard mage and a mage that I would not play even tho my main mages are Xerath and Ziggs due to their range and cc tools(specially Ziggs) I don't see myself playing Ezreal mid on ranked games nor I think that we are gonna see him in pro play but who knows, I really expect him not to be a viable pick mid due to his lack of cc, I dont want a mage like that on my team to be honest lol.