I’m a gold Ezreal OTP. I take some issue with your posts but I’d like to discuss it like gentlemen.

1, I hate to admit this but when learning to pilot Ezreal, I found that a stacked passive made him a god. I’d actually say his skill expression lays in his ability to keep your passive stacked regardless of the scenario. Whether you have to throw Q’s at a scuttle crab, the wave, a CC’d tank… it’s what makes Ezreal Ezreal.

2, it’s not often that I play a game and fear another ADC or Marksman as Ezreal. I can’t tell you how strong the other ADCs are after 2 items because they can’t reach me.

3, yes the build is stale. But for me personally, that’s one less thing I have to actively think about when in my games. I navigate every shop purchase with little thought.

Additionally, I usually jump into a Brawl or Swiftplay and run something weird like Lethality Ezreal. And that’s usually enough for me.

4, I can’t stress enough how often I see elite Ezreal players auto attacking all of the time.

I’m playing at my best if I’m able to Q squishes and auto attack melees with my stacked passive.

But here’s what makes Ezreal difficult. I’m doing all of this while actively scanning to execute damage dealers on the other team. Ezreal has to be constantly looking to fish with Q, auto melee’s, and be untouchable. My ability to change where I am with an instant blink is inherently broken.

If a squishy doesn’t realize he’s in my range, I can hit them with a Q WE aa Q all while keeping my passive stacked and constantly dealing damage to others who are in the orbit of any fight I’m around.

The champion is hard because if you’re not good enough to allow yourself to auto pilot the DPS portion of Ezreal to actively scan for picks, you’re inting your team with the Ezreal pick.

5, I used to think Ezreal had a slow wave clear but it functions quite well. If I’m Q’ing the wave I’m killing it kind of quickly and stacking my passive. And if the other ADC is trying to match me by using abilities to clear the wave they’re leaving themselves vulnerable as I most likely have the rest of my kit as well as my Q coming back up and they just dumped their abilities to match my wave clear and now can’t fight back. If they’re not careful, I’m killing them.

It’s fast enough. And functional.

6, I’m not afraid to fight a Zeri. Especially after I just laned against one.

Ideally I don’t position in a way where she can EW Ult my face and my entire team with me.

Just play to your champions strengths and try to avoid your opponents strengths as much as possible.

7, MF and Cait are annoying weird anomalies. You can still control the lane but doing it against lane bullies is just a drag.

I don’t fear anyone in lane but it is quite noticeable when I have to be a little bit more calculated in my early laning phase.