Talk:Ezreal/@comment-2.226.181.120-20121004090230/@comment-94.192.16.137-20121004110302

So it took people a while to get there, is that an argument against Ez's being OP? I can think of four perfectly good reasons why Ez (or any champion for that matter) might at least be considered OP, despite formerly being a marginal pick, weak, underpowered, or just not overpowered:

1 - it took people time to learn the champion and get the most out of them (Orianna), this is especially likely if the champion is underplayed (Hecarim, Maokai).

2 - new champion synergies emerge because of new champion releases or are discovered between older champs (see Ez-Nunu, Nunu has very recently been picked up as a support, and they have huge attack speed reduction together).

3 - the meta has changed, a very pronounced but uncommon example of this would be that you can't take the newly OP champion's counters at all because they don't fare well against other now common picks (bound to appear in the enemy team's roster). A less pronounced example would be the fact that carries now carry ignite instead of heal and supports take exhaust instead of CV, this allows for high burst, high mobility carries (like Ez) to make clutch kills.

4 - Other champions of the same role (AD carries) and competing ones (support, assassins) have been nerfed or aren't faring well.

Ez has benefitted from ALL of these - he was always a good AD carry, but was underplayed and underappreciated (hence why it took so long to discover that it's better to max W over Q), he synergises well with Nunu and the tanky CC supporters common these days (Blitz, Ali, Leona, Taric), the more aggressive bot lane meta post sustain nerfs has benefitted him because of his burst and mobility (can either make quick kills or escape attempts on him), and many other AD carries have been nerfed. All of this has come together to make Ez an incredibly strong pick, and that's not even to mention some of his natural advantages (it's easy to pick up a fleeing opponent with a 1100 range projectile AND a global ult as wide as his), Whether he's strong or too strong, he commonly has the highest or among the higherst win rate of any AD carry at high elos, and he's a top pick for good reason. Honestly, do some analysis and present an argument, don't just whine and act like something is wrong with the world when one of the strongest champs in the game is threatened with a possible nerf. In conclusion, the skin had little to nothing to do with it (at most it got more people playing him and DISCOVERING, not inventing in their heads, Ez's real strengths).