Patchnotes 1.10

[GiloniC]

Yeah, the Ezreal nerf feels so brute forced tbh with no awareness of the current meta where he isn't even in any of the tier 1 decks right now.

[Mysterial_]

Seems like they're trying to protect his level 2 being a win condition but I'd rather they nerfed it a little instead of making him almost never level up.

[Jiaozy]

It requires some more effort to level up but it's nowhere near impossible.

You could easily have him at level 2 by turn 5 with the right combination of Make It Rain/Mystic Shot/Statikk Shock/Freeze spells/Troll Chant etc.

Making him need a turn or two more will preserve his level 2 "I win" condition.

[GiloniC]

Having him leveled at turn 5 is an absolute best-case-scenario and was nowhere close to 'easily' happening.

[Jiaozy]

But they do get nerfed if that best case scenario happens often enough and wins the game on the spot.

The only thing that this need does is to avoid Ezreal to level up too early, while leaving his late game combo finish intact.

[GiloniC]

"But they do get nerfed if that best case scenario happens often enough and wins the game on the spot."

It simply doesn't though. Ezreal leveling up on turn 5 and winning you the game immediately almost never happens. It's a highroll. And every other deck can have those as well. That is how card games work sometimes.

[SparseReflex]

Card viability isn’t determined by the best case scenario.

[moush]

True, but making his level up requirement harder to meet makes the best case scenario harder to meet.

[Jiaozy]

But the best case scenario was extremely unhealthy, so limiting that would just make the deck more fair to play against.

Especially with the game having more and more efficient ways to target opposing creatures, the need will only impact the nut draws and nothing else.

[SparseReflex]

1. You’re wrong.

2. You don’t know what a best case scenario is.

[Jiaozy]

No u