Talk:Ezreal/@comment-92.250.91.235-20120621134141/@comment-50.103.5.55-20120625210949

''Completely incorrect. Once with a lichbane and some good AP, he is one of the best champions in the game at poking. ''

So he is, but he needs a good poking team, and preferably a carry who can also poke/siege well in late game (Varus, Kog'Maw). Otherwise, his contributions to team fights will not be all that much better than any other hardline damage mage.

Also, his R+W give him one of the best team fight damage outputs in the game as far as AP carries go

If you're willing to ignore over half of the other AP carries currently played, then yes. He can do some damage.

Just off the top of my head, Ahri, Anivia, Cassie, Ziggs all match or exceed his sustained damage or burst damage, and all of them have better AoE ranges in one way or another. All of them offer utility or hard CC in addition to that, which Ezreal does not.

If you argue that either does 5x damage by hitting multiple targets, I will slap you through your monitor, because NO decent team stands around clumped up like that willingly. At best, you're looking at 3 hits. Probably 1 or 2 most of the time (just like Ashe).

Above all: NONE of those Mages have to split item builds like Last Whisper+Void Staff to avoid getting jacked by stacked MR or Armor. AP Ezreal falls off just like any of those I listed, and for the same reasons.

But this is all conjecture without a team, because on most teams, AP Ezreal just doesn't fit.

If I were building a team to include AP Ezreal, it would include Orianna or Galio as support to help clump the enemy team since Ezreal's AoE skillshots are both linear. Again, a poking AD carry like Kogmaw or Varus, and preferably a poking jungler (Mundo-Cleaver. Mundo OffTanks for Mundo Wins) or Solo Top (possibly Nidalee, but she only pokes as AP).