Talk:Ezreal/@comment-4030326-20110727194237/@comment-2124153-20110727225341

It is OK to rush a Tear, just be aware that if you are laning against someone that's very aggressive, you may not be able to push back, because the Tear is all sustain and no offense or durability. When to build Tear is a judgment call. I find it's safer in a duo lane, because you have a partner. If you are in mid, though, someone who builds for combat may out-DPS or out-tank you, and cause a lot of problems. Like for instance, if you face a ranged carry who stacks Doran's. Eventually they just ignore your Mystic Shots and autoattacks if you have no AD or armor pen to put behind them.

Rushing Sheen is dubious, imo, but viable. I used to do it when I was a noob, but Ezreal's base AD isn't that awesome and the AP largely goes to waste. These days I've taken more a liking to things like Wriggles, Brutalizer, etc. YMMV.

Never ever ever build Brutalizer into a Ghostblade. The buff extension effect on the Ghostblade active does not work with ranged attackers like Ezreal. It's best to keep the Brutalizer, and then sell it lategame for something else. It's a shame to give up the CDR and armor pen, but c'est la vie, Riot need to add another upgrade path to that item for R-DPS champs.