Talk:Ezreal/@comment-4929329-20120924044141/@comment-94.192.16.137-20120924181131

I get tired of hearing comments like this: "[insert champion] wasn't buffed, so, like, what, did they SUDDENLY, like, just BECOME overpowered or something, like, OVERNIGHT man!?!?".

For the record, I always thought Karthus and Ezreal were incredible, even when there were repeated threads on the League forums pointing out that pros had made comments to the effect of Ez being subpar compared to Graves and Ashe (the top carries at the time), and when I got flamed for picking Karth because he was "bad" and "too squishy". Ez has always had incredible burst, low mana costs, long range poke and good mobility, a combo which allows him to succeed in almost any situation, and I never understood how Karth was seen as weak - his wall was insanely good (before the nerf) and he could be a terror in teamfights even after dying.

I bring up Karthus because he is now considered to be very strong, even at high elo. The point is that he didn't just become strong (he wasn't buffed either), people simply failed to discover, appreciate and utilise his strengths consistently, when they finally did he was considered too strong (in the same manner as launch Orianna, who was initially considered underpowered before becoming a perma-ban in high elo). The same is true with Ez. There are so many reasons why he's strong, they were just overlooked or underrated in the past because people were convinced he was underpowered and didn't give him serious consideration or playtime. His mobility is a large part of what makes him so strong, double flash can save his life in a ton of situations, preventing the other carry from getting a kill, or allow him to secure kills other carries wouldn't be able to, which just makes snowballing all the easier with his burst.

The same goes for Morgana, the same goes for Malphite, the same goes for Rengar etc. etc., these champs are strong because they are strong, not because they are flavour of the month (that's why high elo picks them up and bans them too, until they're nerfed or a counter champ / comp / strategy emerges). Like I said, I don't just follow high elo, I always thought Ez was too strong, even when others were calling him weak, but it isn't all a matter of perception. Of course some champions are stronger than others, and if you compare Ez to other carries, I don't know how you could decide he isn't at least among the best of them.