Talk:Ezreal/@comment-4636093-20150707231819/@comment-4636093-20150709102930

Because the whole point of Runeglaive is the waveclear. Skirmisher's applies a DoT to enemies you auto attack, you don't need to do it more than once every 3 seconds, and it also applies on Ezreal's Q as well. Skirmisher's allows Ezreal to burst down enemies with comparable damage to an ignite, only once every 10 seconds instead of every 3 minutes.

Trailblazer gives Ezreal... not quite enough damage to kill an entire minion wave when his smite is up. Skirmisher's gives Ezreal enough damage to half his lane opponent's health every time Smite is up.

If you're not taking Skirmisher's Sabre then you're not going to be able to get Runeglaive at all because you're going to need Ignite instead of Smite in order to do any damage at all.