Talk:Ezreal/@comment-4550042-20111024163243

OK - I've done enough reading - its time to chime in. I main ez and absolutely love him. I am almost always positive and many times carry (10-1 yesterday). The first thing im going to say is this is just my opinion, and what works for me.That being said, it usually works quite well. A-pen, mregen & cdr runes. YOu will need all three. The first item is a crystal and 2 pots (2 health or 1 health 1 mana depending on skill). The first item you want to build is sheen. Anyone who tells you otherwise doesnt know ez. Level your Q every time you can. When you cant get your Q level your E (the shift). Put 1 point in your W. Most people think its worthless but its not. 1) it pops your sheen for little mana, 2) it gives you a pop for your tear, 3) in a team battle if you hit a few allies with it - it will proc your passive (i.e. hit 3 allies and you get 3 stacks for nothing).

You want flash and exhaust. Most people look at his shift as something for position. You are overlooking the other half of that spell which is a significant amount of damage. It will also proc your sheen. You need to shift in to harass - making sure your shift (which fires when you land) hits the champ you are harassing. You then pop your Q and you (if done correctly) have done about 400 dmg early game.Using your W is a speed debuff (lowers enemy attacks peed) and will get your stacks up even further for passive. Therefore, even with less dmg (sheen and tear early) you make up for it with attack speed and the sheen proc.

That is why most ez's fail. Misuse of ez I see: 1) His AP scaling W spell should not be used primarily for dmg. If you can hit 3 allied champs or 1 enemy champ, you will want to choose wisely - as the buff for you (and allies) is better than the debuff. 2) you need sheen. Right away. it allows you to have dmg while doing late game build. 3) His shift should be used to engage. If you need to "flash out" you picked a bad time to engage. Also, use flash for that. You need to land that E it is a lot of damage. 4) you need manamue. His Q reduces all other cooldowns when it lands which means mid/late game you can shift in and shift agian if needed. You can also open with your ult and have it cool down reasonably (although not by the end of the same team fight. sorry lux fans).

Just my 2 cents. I get Sheen, Tear, cdr boots, complete Manamune, Complete tf, BLOODTHIRSTEr, black cleaver. Last item dpeneds on team comp, but I have done everything from frozen mallet to bachsees veil.