Talk:Ezreal/@comment-30986791-20170108053822/@comment-4022742-20170126104235

With sterak's your base damage goes from 96 to 120(148 for 8 seconds during passive) That's 24 AD, with the sheen effect that's still only 48 extra damage on Q. This means it gets outdone by one of the last whisper items damage wise for 100 less gold. And it has a better offensive passive. Conclusion, only get Sterak's if you face assassins that either don't care about Mercurial Scimitar, or if you want to deal a bit more damage compared to a GA.

Getting Deathfire Grasp is definitely an option, he is an AD caster after all. It would give you a bit of a stronger poke throughout the game. However you don't get the sustain from Warlords or the extra DPS from Fervor, both of which give you better sustained fights. So it would only be useful in a poke/siege comp where you don't have to engage in sustained fights.