Talk:Ezreal/@comment-4012115-20110713150854/@comment-2124153-20110714174726

No, it's revisionist. AP Ezreal wasn't just "possible", in the way that playing Anivia as a tank or playing Annie as an AD DPS was "possible", he was *viable*. As in, he could fill his role and carry a game. Especially in the poking meta, because of on-hits with Lich Bane. And even though the ratios were not amazing, AP still influenced the damage on Arcane/Essense/Trueshot, and Mystic Shot spam reduced the cooldowns on them all. The notion that AP Ezreal was the red-headed step child, is silly. He was a late-bloomer, that's all, arguably inferior to AD overall but filling a niche just the same.

Regarding Akali, Riot has had a hundred years to fix her, and failed even after they changed her passive twice. She is a champion that got away from them, not too unlike Ezreal. People will play champions in such a way as to make them effective, the designers intentions are moot.

Amumu is another example, although they finally gave in and made him a proper tank.