User blog comment:TeaIsExplosive/A petition against the foul oppressor of Summoner's Rift/@comment-5556439-20130609183534

As a die hard Ezreal main with about 200 games total played as him, with what is in my opinion great stats, I can whole heartedly tell you that your wrong.

Ezreal is a Hybrid Carry that can be built as a caster-ADC similar to Varus/Miss Fortune using IBG/Marumana or by going straight damage with IE/BT/PD. So with the "Hybrid Carry" tag stated, do you think he is going to outdamage champions whos ONLY ROLE is to deal AD and scale hard? I tinhk not.

He holds the 2nd highest total AP burst in the game when built properly as an APC, and has the safest laning phase of any and all ADC's. He is incredibly fun and rewarding when played the right way.

Blue build is not trash tier, SotEL is what makes Blue Ez stupid. DONT BUY A FUCKING NERFED JUNGLE ITEM ON AN ADC. Bebe got carried at OGN earlier and it was because his team knew the weaknesses of his build. Watch the matches where Bebe went blue Ezreal, there was not one match where he was doing damage worthy of calling it a "probuild" he got carried. I watched them, end of story. (If you didnt know btw Bebe from Taipei Assassins is who made this build popular.)

IBG/CDRBoots-Furor/IE/Marumana/LW/BOTRK is an extremely strong build when used properly. The reason your seeing no one do well is that they arent building the right items at the right time. Your first item should be manamune, NOT tear. for obvious reasons. When you base for tear and Vamp Scepter, the other ADC wil have Vamp, Boots, BF Sword. Your tear cant do shit against that, you NEED manamune to stay relevant and Vamp Scepter to sustain. Then you should get LW so your mid game damage is high, then IBG, then BOTRK. Its simple.

Ezreal is god tier because in the right hands hes a bitch to lane against, a bitch to gank, and a bitch to chase down. He can get all of his damage out without ever getting into range of a bruiser. AND wih proper positioning win in ANY teamfight. Hes amazing when played properly. Watch Chaox or Doublelift play him, they know how to use him and how to hide his weaknesses, they are the best well known examples of proper Ezreal play. Besdies, everyone sucked as him before hand cuz they expect a hybrid caster to deal Vayne or Draven damage.

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