Talk:Ezreal/@comment-4710042-20120103081154/@comment-216.211.241.2-20120103163415

He is not a great mid AP in the current meta. Ezreal's issue here isn't really his ratios (they are good, even considering his Q) so much as his lack of CC. Not only does he not have any hard CC like stuns or knock-ups, but he doesn't even have a soft CC like a slow. That's not to say that he doesn't have any utility, since his W's debuff is devastating to enemy DPS, but he doesn't give your team what you normally expect from a mage.

You might be able to get away with it if you have a proper AD carry and support in bottom, and an asston of CC in the rest of the team. For example if you are running AD Ashe (ECA stun), support Alistar (knock-up, knockback), Maokai out of the jungle (root, knock-up), and maybe Fizz as your top AP burster (knock-up on ult). That's an example of a team that's so CC-stacked to begin with, that the gap in Ezreal's kit can be overcome.

Even still, you have to be wary of match-ups. A patient AP Ezreal will poop all over someone like Brand or Lux, since you can juke their skillshots with Arcane Shift and blast them in the face, but an Annie is going to make you sweat bullets once Tibbers is available.