Talk:Ezreal/@comment-151.166.15.114-20110805175306/@comment-2124153-20110816202709

^ I understand where you are coming from, but you are making the same sort of basic mistakes in your analysis as Rapacious does.

First: lifesteal on Doran's doesn't make a difference in a fight, so don't insult the both of us by claiming that 2-3 HP per hit means something compared to 10HP/sec from a timely health pot. You simply cannot lifesteal fast enough to make up the difference.

Second: 100 max HP only makes a difference when you commit to a fight that you couldn't win otherwise. That's how Doran's players are forced to play, because they can't survive any harass at all. You gamble on going all-in, and either getting a kill or getting a big health lead to sit on. Meanwhile, Ezreal with pots doesn't have to do this: he can harass the other player (you may have noticed, Ezreal is good at harassment), trading damage if it's necessary, heal it up with potions, and now he has his health lead. You can use this lead to zone, to harass more, to go for a kill, whatever floats your boat, it's your advantage to win or lose.

Third: the enemy jungler loves your strategy of mindlessly autoattacking creep to get 2-3 HP back per shot. Anyone with something between their ears is going to simply let you push the creep line past the river to their tower, whereupon you get ganked out of the bushes because you're massively overextended. Meanwhile, Ezreal with pots can heal without pushing his wave out, he can do it faster, and he can do it when he wants to.

Sorry, but Doran's Ezreal players are handicapping themselves. It's almost never the best choice for a lane, and it slows down his main build too. Ezreal is *blessed* by having the ability to build a starting item into one of his core items, leveraging it in earlygame, but you're content to throw that away and pretend that you're Ashe? OK, guy, good luck. It must be nice to always face people who don't take advantage of your tactical mis-steps. I haven't been able to do that since I was Summoner level 10.