That wall of text was rather irritating to go through, but let's do this.

You are saying Doran's Ring is not recommended.
Oh, you said:
"Mainly because I feel that Ezreal doesn't really need it, but if it works for you, thats cool."

You are not explaining concretely WHY you feel that way, like you're doing it on a whim without really knowing why you're doing it yourself.
Most people prefer logical reasoning rather than your personal gut feeling.

"Farming isn't the easiest thing ever, but its certainly not hard."
Err, it is the easiest thing ever since it's a core necessity as a player in League. This kind of statement makes me doubt your overall skill, sorry.

The heavy irony in this is that if you farm correctly with a Doran's Ring in hand, you really shouldn't be having too many mana issues.

As I stated in the guide, I think Doran's is a great item to start out with. But, personally, I feel that I don't need it on Ez. His early game isn't the most amazing thing ever, so I find the safe route is more my style. This is also why I grab the Mana Regen runes. I've gotten first blood in 90% of the games that I've gone AP Ez with boots and pots, so I see no reason to grab Doran's Ring. But, again, I see no problem in grabbing the Doran's Ring. It is all about personal playstyle, and everyone has a completely different playstyle. When I made this guide, I intended it to be a basic build for people to use their own way and see what items they do and do not like using so that they can shape their own build for AP Ez. I just wanted people to see an AP Ez guide for Season 4 and think "Woah, AP Ez?" and try this out, thus making more people trying AP Ez out. I absolutely love playing this version of Ez, because i think its way more fun and interesting than the normal ADC Ezreal and more people should be open about trying it.



Also, the reason I did not include Void Staff is because this guide is more for being "tanky" in the most effective manner, and retain being AP and dishing out damage. Void staff is something I'd put on an APC, whereas this is more of a tanky way of looking at it.



P.S. This is my FIRST guide that I've ever made for League of Legends, so thank you all for giving me feedback so I can make my future guides (If i even make any) better. Thank you all:)

hey man! Pro's of this build: you talk a way of playing Ez that is rarely ever seen nowadays and his burst looks insanely fun (if you hit the skill shots anyways).

Like emoriam though i find that you are probably missing vital items such as Doran's Ring in the early game and at least a Void Staff in the mid-late game.

sure at first look a doran's doesnt look like a good idea and you wonder why you would ever get it but thing is, the early stats are so hard to go without. hp,mana regen,ability power AND another form of mana regen through the passive. though you do have to be decent at farming to fully benefit from the passive. if you are good at farming you will be able to spam those abilities alot more because you have that regen. Being a long range poke champion as an ap ez and a free escape through you abilities and flash you should have enough of a safe laning phase that you shouldn't need 5 hp pots at start.

Also in your build except for your masteries you have absolutely no penetration from items( aside boots) which Void staff in this case would very much complement your needs. especially in the late game with the odds of facing the tanks in this new meta of the shyvana,mundo, etc you really need that extra penetration.

Also with this build you are not technically offtank... if an assassin jumps on you guess what... you will still be one shotted to oblivion. And tanky items on ez... would really be a waste of time and dmg. you wouldnt wanna see an ez with randuin's omen and other such tanky items.

In my opinion if i go with it theorytically since ive played ez... once or twice? i would go for this kind of build to optimize his early and late game.

1. Doran's Ring start with hp pots.
2. Chalice of Harmony for the mana regen but also the very important magic resistwhich should help you outrade the enemy ap carry. unless of course you are against and ad assassin then i would probably go for Seeker's Armguard for the extra armor and ap you get from it. If i played ez more i could consider a Tear of the Goddess but i'm generally afraid theritically of how fast he would be able to stack it but also afraid it wouldnt provide him with enough burst early/armor to survive the 1 on 1 engagements early.
3. by this point mid game should just be about to start and start getting other full items instead of parts. so hopefully a full athene's and almost a zonyha's to survive the following teamfights through the active.
4. after those 2 big purchases depending on how the game is going i'd probably go for either the void staff for the extra penetration on tanks and squishies alike. followed closely by a Rabadhon's to get that extra ap from the passive.
6. last item personally i would probably go for something like a gardian angel. why? because from all your other item's you already have everything you are looking for. magic pen,mana regen, loads of ap,some resistance from zonyha's and athene's(which by no mean make you tanky but at least slightly increase survivability) but the guardian would give you some extra armor/ mr but more importantly for the passive. a 2nd life is nothing to look down on especially in a carry role such as ap carry. just like the ad carry you are putting out the damages (maybe not as consistently since you rely on your spells) but you provide that burst for your team that can mend or break a teamfight.
your full boots would come somewhere in the midst of building your athene's. As for situational items you could potentially replace your rabadhon's for a Lich Bane since ez is still somewhat of a auto attack heavy champion.

Runes for me would be magic pen reds,magic resist yellows,either ap per level or flat ap blues and then flat ap quints. This would provide me with that early ap/penetration i need early game and resists to survive my enemy laner.

masteries being 21-9-0 or 21-0-9 depending on what exactly you want tp grab between utilities or resistance.

That's my theroritical build for ap ez as it provides him with everything he needs from early to late game.

Next up is the wall of text. There is barely any coding in this guide to make it look "pretty". very basic coding. improve that and it should help out alot:)

Add a matchup section whenever you get the chance so noob ez's like me know what we are up against :D

Sorry i made this post alot longer than i wanted to. But that's my "theory" on how ap ez should work. If anybody in mobafire feel like my theory build is out of line please let me know so i can continue to improve as a player:D

Nera

PS: sorry to you snazzy turtle if this is any way offensive to you as i am just trying to help you :)

I read what you said about Doran's Ring but I would say it's a mandatory like Void Staff.

I'm glad people enjoy writing a comment without reading the guide:). People are so smart and talented! Thanks for commenting!

No Doran's Ring as start item, no Void Staff, way too offensive Runes, 22/0/8 instead of 21/0/9 Masteries aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand it's neither offtank nor blue.

not blue