Talk:Ezreal/@comment-92.250.91.235-20120621134141/@comment-5151680-20120626023806

''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. ''

Ahri doesn't beat him in burst or sustained, except against tanks because of her true damage. She does have more mobility though.

Anivia has more sustained against a team who just stands in her ult. Otherwise no, and her burst is lacking too. However anivia has far more CC than him

Cassie beats him in sustained, but not burst. She also has more CC than him.

Ziggs doesn't beat him in sustained or burst, but has slightly more AoE damage and is about even when poking.

''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). ''

If you aren't using your E in teamfights to hit atleast 3 enemies and 2-3 allies with E and 4 enemies with R, then you're doing it wrong. E should only be used primarily for damage in chases or 1v1/2v2 skirmishes, which are rare.

''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. ''

Enemy teams who stack both MR and armor will generally have lower damage output.

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

This is true to a point.

''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). ''

Purely Speculating/Theorycrafting: If you play AP ezreal in a double AP team, then you're forcing the enemy team to build MR and armor, and their total damage output will be lower. If you play with an AD bruiser at top or in the jungle, then your team will usually still benefit because they and your AD bot carryyour 40% attackspeed increase. As you have said, ezreal fits into most poking teams quite well.

If you play AP ezreal, your team will need a hypercarry, and that hypercarry will benefit quite a bit from being hit with your W.