Talk:Ezreal/@comment-8121733-20160115205358/@comment-24385282-20160126222252

Again, just because their main burst combo relies on them getting in close range does not mean they aren't poke champions - return to my example. If Katarina's has 700 range or more, she could very easily be considered a poke champion. Combined with this, her would be a long-range poke tool in lane and in teamfight, without requiring her to get close range whatsoever. There's no way people wouldn't call her a poke champion with that damage at that range. Yet, between her and, her main burst would necessitate going in melee range.

Same goes for and. They have poke abilities that combine attributes of long range, low cooldown, and/or high damage in the form of, , , , and most especially. A good chunk of both of their damage comes from being able to get basic attacks in there, too, but that doesn't mean they aren't poke champions just because of that.

TL;DR: Lucian and Corki have great poke and are designed to be good at poking, though they can deal more damage by getting closer in range. (Note: Getting closer in range doesn't necessarily not mean poking, either. Especially in Lucian's case, where he can away as soon as he lands an auto, preventing his enemy from retaliating.)

When it comes to, you can quite easily get it on yourself late game. With some cooldown reduction, it takes only two or threee to get  back up, and Essence Flux will be ready by that point as well. You aren't sacrificing very much for a potent attack speed buff (technically 50-60% total for 5 seconds thanks to ). It's even better because you can grant this same buff to your allies at the same time as yourself, making it good in a teamfight with any AA-reliant teammates or when pushing a turret - if either of those are the case, you don't even have to leap into it for the spell to be useful. Not AD? Well, I don't have to tell you why the spell is useful as AP.

But, clearly you're correct - the only viable way to play the game as Ezreal is when you don't have AA-reliant teammates, and also you yourself are not AA-reliant since you are a caster ADC. My mistake. It's not like at least one of your  relies on you being able to basic attack. After all, if Mystic Shot can apply those, it would simply be unviable to get in range to use your targeted, no-CD, no-cost basic attacks to apply them more often. Especially since you have no escape!

TL;DR: Essence Flux has a lot of uses. It's good in sieging, teamfights, even duels on AD Ezreal and just as good in the same situations as AP, though for different reasons.