Talk:Ezreal/@comment-80.15.143.26-20120701052039/@comment-87.194.156.101-20120701105414

You shouldn't put more than 1 point into Q. Also, before you get lich bane you can still use Q to farm creeps when you're zoned out of AA range.

I'm not sure what you mean by his ult not being "reliable". I assume you mean that it's possible to miss the target since it's a skillshot. You shouldn't be using it for anything other than teamfights (either opening with it and trying to hit at least 3+ targets or sniping enemies with low hp who flee the teamfight) and farming creep waves (try to save it for PvP but it's fine to farm a few waves with it when the enemy team isn't doing much). Also, after playing awhile you'll learn which bush an enemy has ran to recall at and you can try your luck (it's better for AP ez to save his ult for when it's definitely going to hit some enemies though since it hits very hard compared to AD ez's ult and makes a big impact in teamfights).

You're correct about AP ez being a slave to cooldowns whereas AD carries can melt people whenever they want. Although, he can usually 100-0 someone before they can react (until the late game). AP ez drops off right around when AD carries start to shine.

AP has a godly poke while laning but his farming is terrible. You have to really be on the ball to farm well with just your base attack and a few mystic shots. It's not impossible for AP ez to have a high CS but you're going to struggle compared to AD ez. It's probably the reason you don't see too many AP ez's in ranked.