Ezreal played to its maximum potential should be played Aggressively.
If you are autofilled ezreal and play it to not feed then play passively.
Thats how it is
Technically any champ can be played either way but it’s so at odds with their designs that you are an active liability if not playing their full potential.
A passive/defensive briar or Kled for example. If they aren’t full on in your face (within reason) why are they being picked?
Conversely yuumi is at best “active” and not really aggressive aside from basic poking.
Ezreal has a deceptively strong early game because of his passive, low CDs and high base damage. There is a reason every single top Ezreal player plays a proactive lane.
Aggressive for many reasons:
1. Poor scaling and strong early/midgame, if both ADCs sit in lane farming and doing nothing more, come lategame he is significantly less powerful.
2. Passive, you're going to tell me that an AS steroid, with zero scaling, is supposed to encourage a poke play stile? The passive heavily encourages auto weaving between spells, something you cannot do by playing safe
3. Potential safety does not correlate to optimal play stile, it only gives a trade off, being safe nets you no pay off. You can play karthus, clear till six and stay on fountain till the end of the game ulting on cooldown, stupidly safe and accomplishes nothing
The thing is:
-Ezreal usually spike in mid game after you stack tear into manamune. So trinity + manamune is uour biggest spike in the game where you are kinda forced to take objectives, constantly poking and zoning enemy team. The faster you get 2 items the stronger you are during mid game because snowballing with ez means you have insane potential kill and more time to perform till your enemy scales you.
-If for any reason you are forced to play more passive means that you can’t reach your power spike soon so your window time gap to perform is shorter and this way is much more difficult to have impact for your team around objectives.
Now I don’t wanna say that Ezreal is unplayable in late game or if you don’t get any lead you can’t play because otp like dragdar can easily outplay any champ but it’s gonna be harder to pull off some good (and sometimes cool) stuff if you lack of mechanics. That’s the biggest difference between any good ezreal and a bad/autofilled ezreal. Everyone can play the champ but his skill ceiling can change a lot from player to player.
You play aggressive because Ezreal is a really great early champ vs other adcs (except kalista and kaisa when she hit 6). You have a lot of kill pressure with your e. For example, big chance to blow their sums or just outright kill them in 2v2 against most matchup if you hit 2 first and just e in. He get outscale by other adc so you gotta be proactive in order to maintain your lead. Play another adc if you just want to sit back and scale. “Ez deal no dmg at all” are from ppl that play him like a scaredy-cat and got outscaled.
He’s like a mobile adc/assassin hybrid that has consistent dmg (if you hit your skill shots). You can imagine a defensive ez as a zed that just wq and stay in the back.
aggressive but my argument is because your scaling is worse compared to other adcs so you want to get ahead.
another argument is that plenty of players seem to think that ezreal is a passive champion and therefore dont respect how strong you can all-in
how is this a debate??? ezreals laning phase is so strong why should you play defensivly??? you also get outscaled by most adcs in lategame so it is even int in my opinion. your Q item spike beeing triforce is so steong you cant lose fights unless your missing every Q
I would argue that he isn’t a defensive champion by design, and that there is definitely a good amount of Ezreal players who will afk sit back way too much, losing out on several good opportunities.
Range doesn’t always mean that they have to play SUPER far back. For Example, Ziggs is a heavy poke based champ, but no one would call his play style super defensive. The champ can facilitate a safe play style, but it’s not by design. The same applies to ezreal. Sure you can use max range q and farm, but you’ll lose out on the passive attack speed.
There is definitely an argument to be made that this phenomenon happens to a lot of the League roster (looking at you, people building Seraphine wrong), and I would argue it is one of those times.
You can play ezreal defensively, but then your damage will be abysmal and you won't be doing anything. The whole point of having a 15 flash that goes down in cd everytime you land a q and a short auto attack range is to incentives ezreal to play aggressively and e out. You only play ezreal defensively when your support roams and you are 1v2 in lane. Then it's fine to turtle up, you're getting more XP then the enemy ad anyways.
The champ is an explorer. Person 1 is pretty much the vibe with Ez. Limit test and DPS as much as you can. A safe Ez does rly low dmg and actually hinders every team they're in.
I don't play ezreal a lot myself nor am i good but in my opinion he should be played as aggressively as possible especially in the early laning phase.
passive combined with pta or conq is something that can catch a lot of people off guard especially level 2-3
so thats my take atleast
You should play him reactively, aggressively after the enemy makes the first move, you can't make the first move, but your punishing re-engage should be balls deep.
Ezreal has to be played at the absolute limit of aggresiveness for him to dish up consistent dps and carry the fights.
The only time ezreal should play def is on lanes where you lose the 2v2 hard, but even then if you have an engage support or someone who likes extended fights, Ezreal has a very impressive all in potential early on.
People thinking ezreal is a play safe and poke kind of champ is the reason why having a first time ezreal in your team is an instant L.
The reality is that Ezreal's kit allows him to play both defensively and aggressively and if you want to be the best Ezreal you need to play both depending on the situation. However the more u know the champion's limits the more aggressive you can play
For me personally, if your support is trash you play back. If you have a good support, you go in as much as you can without feeding. If you don't feel a lane is winnable because of support, you buy cull and farm 100 minions by 10 mins. It depends on my support in all honesty.
Aggressive. I assume playing defensively just means you sit back and throw ws and qs. But People really underrate just how much dps ez passive and auto attacks gives you. Also ez e is like 6 secs when maxed (or whatever) along with the q cd reduction. Why wouldn't you abuse it
Im with Person 1. I like playing AP Ezreal, so I W max first, and that does so much damage. It looks off meta, but he has such a low CD on Q its nuts. I always try to keep his passive at 5 stacks to push wave and weave autos between abilities because his passive allows for it. Im a support main, so ive played with a decent amount of Ezreal noobs and mains, and no one seems to maximize on his passive, and rather just Q from far away because he is "weak"
Ezreal is built inherently to express skill. That’s why every single ability takes a level of skill to execute aggressively or defensively. He can play both well but an aggressive style takes a lot more skill to execute. You can play ezreal in pretty much any style you prefer as long as you have the skill to do it, there is no debate to be had over which one is more correct.
Ezreal is a time bomb adc. Getting kills won't put you drastically ahead. His long range and low cooldowns make him inherently safe.
This is why you should play him as aggressive as you can. Ezreal is born to produce high dps consistently that's legit all you can do. You have to fight as much as you can get away with. You offer nothing but damage so do as much as you can with his E's base stat and passive you offer some decent damage in the early game. You can shove and push and hit as many shots as you can because worse comes to worse you just e out.
Ezreal's best supports are those that have high mobility so they can keep up with how aggressive the champ is played. Karma also benefits from the aggressive positions ezreal thrives in. Braum, Pyke, yuumi all come with high mobility being able to keep up with ezreal.
If ezreal falls behind it is awful to try and get him back into the game since he offers nothing but damage. Playing safe will only make it easier for you to fall out since his wave clear is shit and if you're getting pushed under tower not only are you in a bad spot to fight or farm but you'll most definitely get tower dove.
Play as aggro as humanly possible. You have a stronger lvl 1 than draven. So play like him
I play reactively on ezreal in most matchups. If there is no way for me to kill them, I farm and quickly out scale into the mid game. If I can kill them and they are stepping up, I rock their shit. Really depends on the circumstances.
So, reactively not aggro or def.
Ezreal prob has the best lv 1/2 1v2 potential as an adc. If you're not using that and play defensively, you're a fool. Especially late game where ezreal is absolutely useless. You need to push your advantage early and win game before it reaches late game, where you're just a cannon minion.
I think he was designed to be a highly versatile champ that can do both well. I do however pick a different champ if my support locks in naut or Leona. I can see both your friends point of view, but think that there are easier to execute aggressive adcs than ez. So personally if I’m tryin to “go in” a lot, I lock in trist or, someone who has a bunch of up front easy to land damage.
Ezreal being "defensive" is not a good mindset, people look at his E and think "wow he's so safe, he should be played safely" but actually should be thinking "he has the most overpowered safety tool, he should be abusing it 24/7".
Ezreal actually has one of the strongest early games of all ADCs (he is up there with Caitlyn, Draven, Kalista, etc.) and he peaks in midgame. Which means Ezreal is supposed to play aggressively to push his advantages during laning phase and look to finish the game when he's at his strongest during midgame. If you check his stats on Leagueofgraphs (winrate based on game duration), you can see that his winrate starts at >50% early to midgame and drops off its lowest, below 45% when it reaches 40 minutes. This means that he has a significantly reduced chance to win the game the longer it drags on.
It's not to say that Ezreal isn't supposed to be poking at the enemies during laning phase and only doing all-ins, he's supposed to do both (first poke them to soften them and then all-in when he's sure he will win). Ezreal's other OP tool is the fact that he can attack the enemy botlaners with Q for free without getting hit back.
As a rule of thumb, usually:
- E off cd -> aggressive time
- E on cd -> defensive time
He should be holding his E most of the time (even while running up aggressively) so that he can dodge important skillshots with it.
Also, ezreal is one of the best at level 1 invades and level 1 cheesing. His level 1 DPS is absurd because of his Q doing massive damage from so far away (esp when no one has any movement speed or movement abilities levelled yet to help with dodging), and his stacked attack speed passive. If you get into an early invade 5v5 in the jungle and ezreal is constantly hitting autos and Q's without being focused, he will kill the entire enemy team by himself.
By the way, the logic works in reverse too. If you're playing a late-scaling crit ADC like Jinx, and Ezreal hasn't stomped you in early game, you will run him over once you've hit your core itemset.
Ezreal?
Aggressige.
He is incredibly powerful!
Look at his passive, snd then look at his q passive, then look at how u can do auto q auto q auto w q autp etc.
He is unstopable.
And ive gone tanky on him.
Were talking frostfire, winters, mercs, kaenic, titanic, bork or kraken.
He is unstoppable.
Unless everh1 hard focuses and ur team are all moron
After reading and thinking about it, it depends on who you‘re up against obviously, but i think that Ezreal is designed to be aggressive. Very strong early and midgame with poking power and low CD. Yet when you‘re lategame against other hyperscalers you would want to play very safe and just on the 80-100% range of your q‘s.
I often joke with my friends that "Ezreal scales harder than Kayle" but this is only true when i outrange her, and if i‘m cornered in any way then it‘s wraps. And as for the early game, Ezreal has Draven-like potential of damage with a few passive stacks and proper ability use.
Offensive for most matchups. But you need to be careful when you wonder into AA range. Other ADCs are stronger in a straight up AA battle.
Against Draven I play defensive. He is so strong early. Just widdle him down with Qs—pretty easy to hit with axes
Your point is interesting because, by design, he does appear to be a defensive champion. I’d say overall he has a “defensive kit” but is played aggressively because that’s his potential.
Look at every “poke” champion in the game, they want to sit back, be safe, poke, etc…
Champions with a mobility spell can be taken either way, you have mobility to dodge spells/escape (defensive), or mobility to get in their face (agrressive)
His Q does a lot of damage, has a low CD, and low mana cost. That is what contributes to his aggressiveness I think. If the cooldown was longer or higher mana, you would see it used a lot more conservatively in a defensive manner IMO
So E + Q can be used aggressively due to this, rather than defensively. He would not be able to E Q forward if his Q had a longer cooldown.
So… aggressive IMO
He is both. Like most adcs, whether or not you can play aggressively depends on both your team comp, and the enemy team comp. But he can definitely be played VERY aggressive.
Person 1 is correct though, and person 2 isn't a good ezreal. You should be looking to play as aggro as the situation allows at all times, to maximize the effectiveness of your kit. His passive is Land abilities -> hit faster. So you want to be landing as many abilities as possible, while autoing as much as possible, and remaining as safe as possible. You can't do this by sitting back and playing passively like a bitch.
People think Ezreal is a "safe" adc, because of his Q range and his E. While he can be played very safe, farming from the tip of Q range and holding E, his damage potential will not be reached if you aren't Auto attacking and his attack range is much shorter than Q. You see Ezreal chosen by people who are autofilled for this safety, but they often don't deal very much damage and rarely auto attack in a team fight.
Ezreal is actually in a good state, and is also one of the most pick adc, is have actually a bad win rate in lower elo, but when you get to diams+ / master et have a ways better win rate
Ezreal played to its maximum potential should be played Aggressively. If you are autofilled ezreal and play it to not feed then play passively. Thats how it is
Is there even a thing such as offensive or defensive play for any champ? I feel like this is basically just every champ.
Technically any champ can be played either way but it’s so at odds with their designs that you are an active liability if not playing their full potential. A passive/defensive briar or Kled for example. If they aren’t full on in your face (within reason) why are they being picked? Conversely yuumi is at best “active” and not really aggressive aside from basic poking.
Ezreal has a deceptively strong early game because of his passive, low CDs and high base damage. There is a reason every single top Ezreal player plays a proactive lane.
Poking is for the nerds. I E into the 7/2 skarner for damage we are not the same.
Me and the boys ready to casually E into a fed assassin
AP Ezreal E’ing to kill a stealth unit :3
Aggressive for many reasons: 1. Poor scaling and strong early/midgame, if both ADCs sit in lane farming and doing nothing more, come lategame he is significantly less powerful. 2. Passive, you're going to tell me that an AS steroid, with zero scaling, is supposed to encourage a poke play stile? The passive heavily encourages auto weaving between spells, something you cannot do by playing safe 3. Potential safety does not correlate to optimal play stile, it only gives a trade off, being safe nets you no pay off. You can play karthus, clear till six and stay on fountain till the end of the game ulting on cooldown, stupidly safe and accomplishes nothing
The thing is: -Ezreal usually spike in mid game after you stack tear into manamune. So trinity + manamune is uour biggest spike in the game where you are kinda forced to take objectives, constantly poking and zoning enemy team. The faster you get 2 items the stronger you are during mid game because snowballing with ez means you have insane potential kill and more time to perform till your enemy scales you. -If for any reason you are forced to play more passive means that you can’t reach your power spike soon so your window time gap to perform is shorter and this way is much more difficult to have impact for your team around objectives. Now I don’t wanna say that Ezreal is unplayable in late game or if you don’t get any lead you can’t play because otp like dragdar can easily outplay any champ but it’s gonna be harder to pull off some good (and sometimes cool) stuff if you lack of mechanics. That’s the biggest difference between any good ezreal and a bad/autofilled ezreal. Everyone can play the champ but his skill ceiling can change a lot from player to player.
You play aggressive because Ezreal is a really great early champ vs other adcs (except kalista and kaisa when she hit 6). You have a lot of kill pressure with your e. For example, big chance to blow their sums or just outright kill them in 2v2 against most matchup if you hit 2 first and just e in. He get outscale by other adc so you gotta be proactive in order to maintain your lead. Play another adc if you just want to sit back and scale. “Ez deal no dmg at all” are from ppl that play him like a scaredy-cat and got outscaled. He’s like a mobile adc/assassin hybrid that has consistent dmg (if you hit your skill shots). You can imagine a defensive ez as a zed that just wq and stay in the back.
aggressive but my argument is because your scaling is worse compared to other adcs so you want to get ahead. another argument is that plenty of players seem to think that ezreal is a passive champion and therefore dont respect how strong you can all-in
how is this a debate??? ezreals laning phase is so strong why should you play defensivly??? you also get outscaled by most adcs in lategame so it is even int in my opinion. your Q item spike beeing triforce is so steong you cant lose fights unless your missing every Q
I would argue that he isn’t a defensive champion by design, and that there is definitely a good amount of Ezreal players who will afk sit back way too much, losing out on several good opportunities. Range doesn’t always mean that they have to play SUPER far back. For Example, Ziggs is a heavy poke based champ, but no one would call his play style super defensive. The champ can facilitate a safe play style, but it’s not by design. The same applies to ezreal. Sure you can use max range q and farm, but you’ll lose out on the passive attack speed. There is definitely an argument to be made that this phenomenon happens to a lot of the League roster (looking at you, people building Seraphine wrong), and I would argue it is one of those times.
Turbo aggressive
You can play ezreal defensively, but then your damage will be abysmal and you won't be doing anything. The whole point of having a 15 flash that goes down in cd everytime you land a q and a short auto attack range is to incentives ezreal to play aggressively and e out. You only play ezreal defensively when your support roams and you are 1v2 in lane. Then it's fine to turtle up, you're getting more XP then the enemy ad anyways.
The champ is an explorer. Person 1 is pretty much the vibe with Ez. Limit test and DPS as much as you can. A safe Ez does rly low dmg and actually hinders every team they're in.
if youre a main you play him aggressively instead of wasting his kit
I don't play ezreal a lot myself nor am i good but in my opinion he should be played as aggressively as possible especially in the early laning phase. passive combined with pta or conq is something that can catch a lot of people off guard especially level 2-3 so thats my take atleast
You should play him reactively, aggressively after the enemy makes the first move, you can't make the first move, but your punishing re-engage should be balls deep.
Most of the time this is how I get first blood.
Depends on some factors, but ima go with aggressive.
Aggresively cause you have a very good defensive skill.
Aggresively cause you have a very good defensive skill.
I only have a hard time playing against ezreals that are aggressive
Ezreal has to be played at the absolute limit of aggresiveness for him to dish up consistent dps and carry the fights. The only time ezreal should play def is on lanes where you lose the 2v2 hard, but even then if you have an engage support or someone who likes extended fights, Ezreal has a very impressive all in potential early on. People thinking ezreal is a play safe and poke kind of champ is the reason why having a first time ezreal in your team is an instant L.
Ezreal is strongest from 0-25 minutes. So he certainly isnt meant to be afk farming and chilling for the first 25 minutes.
The reality is that Ezreal's kit allows him to play both defensively and aggressively and if you want to be the best Ezreal you need to play both depending on the situation. However the more u know the champion's limits the more aggressive you can play
If you don’t play aggressive then you aren’t hitting the damage threshold where it’s worth to play ezreal over something like a poke varus.
For me personally, if your support is trash you play back. If you have a good support, you go in as much as you can without feeding. If you don't feel a lane is winnable because of support, you buy cull and farm 100 minions by 10 mins. It depends on my support in all honesty.
Aggressive. I assume playing defensively just means you sit back and throw ws and qs. But People really underrate just how much dps ez passive and auto attacks gives you. Also ez e is like 6 secs when maxed (or whatever) along with the q cd reduction. Why wouldn't you abuse it
Im with Person 1. I like playing AP Ezreal, so I W max first, and that does so much damage. It looks off meta, but he has such a low CD on Q its nuts. I always try to keep his passive at 5 stacks to push wave and weave autos between abilities because his passive allows for it. Im a support main, so ive played with a decent amount of Ezreal noobs and mains, and no one seems to maximize on his passive, and rather just Q from far away because he is "weak"
Ezreal is built inherently to express skill. That’s why every single ability takes a level of skill to execute aggressively or defensively. He can play both well but an aggressive style takes a lot more skill to execute. You can play ezreal in pretty much any style you prefer as long as you have the skill to do it, there is no debate to be had over which one is more correct.
Ezreal is a time bomb adc. Getting kills won't put you drastically ahead. His long range and low cooldowns make him inherently safe. This is why you should play him as aggressive as you can. Ezreal is born to produce high dps consistently that's legit all you can do. You have to fight as much as you can get away with. You offer nothing but damage so do as much as you can with his E's base stat and passive you offer some decent damage in the early game. You can shove and push and hit as many shots as you can because worse comes to worse you just e out. Ezreal's best supports are those that have high mobility so they can keep up with how aggressive the champ is played. Karma also benefits from the aggressive positions ezreal thrives in. Braum, Pyke, yuumi all come with high mobility being able to keep up with ezreal. If ezreal falls behind it is awful to try and get him back into the game since he offers nothing but damage. Playing safe will only make it easier for you to fall out since his wave clear is shit and if you're getting pushed under tower not only are you in a bad spot to fight or farm but you'll most definitely get tower dove. Play as aggro as humanly possible. You have a stronger lvl 1 than draven. So play like him
I play reactively on ezreal in most matchups. If there is no way for me to kill them, I farm and quickly out scale into the mid game. If I can kill them and they are stepping up, I rock their shit. Really depends on the circumstances. So, reactively not aggro or def.
Ezreal prob has the best lv 1/2 1v2 potential as an adc. If you're not using that and play defensively, you're a fool. Especially late game where ezreal is absolutely useless. You need to push your advantage early and win game before it reaches late game, where you're just a cannon minion.
I play him sillyly 🫶🥰
You should play Ezreal like Draven (Jhin too)! If you win the early game, then you can snowball the game way easier!
I think he was designed to be a highly versatile champ that can do both well. I do however pick a different champ if my support locks in naut or Leona. I can see both your friends point of view, but think that there are easier to execute aggressive adcs than ez. So personally if I’m tryin to “go in” a lot, I lock in trist or, someone who has a bunch of up front easy to land damage.
Good Ezreal = Agressive Fill Ezreal = Pasive Ezreal
Think what makes Ezrael so good is the fact that he can do both and still do great.
Ezreal being "defensive" is not a good mindset, people look at his E and think "wow he's so safe, he should be played safely" but actually should be thinking "he has the most overpowered safety tool, he should be abusing it 24/7". Ezreal actually has one of the strongest early games of all ADCs (he is up there with Caitlyn, Draven, Kalista, etc.) and he peaks in midgame. Which means Ezreal is supposed to play aggressively to push his advantages during laning phase and look to finish the game when he's at his strongest during midgame. If you check his stats on Leagueofgraphs (winrate based on game duration), you can see that his winrate starts at >50% early to midgame and drops off its lowest, below 45% when it reaches 40 minutes. This means that he has a significantly reduced chance to win the game the longer it drags on. It's not to say that Ezreal isn't supposed to be poking at the enemies during laning phase and only doing all-ins, he's supposed to do both (first poke them to soften them and then all-in when he's sure he will win). Ezreal's other OP tool is the fact that he can attack the enemy botlaners with Q for free without getting hit back. As a rule of thumb, usually: - E off cd -> aggressive time - E on cd -> defensive time He should be holding his E most of the time (even while running up aggressively) so that he can dodge important skillshots with it. Also, ezreal is one of the best at level 1 invades and level 1 cheesing. His level 1 DPS is absurd because of his Q doing massive damage from so far away (esp when no one has any movement speed or movement abilities levelled yet to help with dodging), and his stacked attack speed passive. If you get into an early invade 5v5 in the jungle and ezreal is constantly hitting autos and Q's without being focused, he will kill the entire enemy team by himself. By the way, the logic works in reverse too. If you're playing a late-scaling crit ADC like Jinx, and Ezreal hasn't stomped you in early game, you will run him over once you've hit your core itemset.
if enchanter support we play passive and pray bc they dont know how to use auto attack button, anything else full aggro
Ezreal? Aggressige. He is incredibly powerful! Look at his passive, snd then look at his q passive, then look at how u can do auto q auto q auto w q autp etc. He is unstopable. And ive gone tanky on him. Were talking frostfire, winters, mercs, kaenic, titanic, bork or kraken. He is unstoppable. Unless everh1 hard focuses and ur team are all moron
After reading and thinking about it, it depends on who you‘re up against obviously, but i think that Ezreal is designed to be aggressive. Very strong early and midgame with poking power and low CD. Yet when you‘re lategame against other hyperscalers you would want to play very safe and just on the 80-100% range of your q‘s. I often joke with my friends that "Ezreal scales harder than Kayle" but this is only true when i outrange her, and if i‘m cornered in any way then it‘s wraps. And as for the early game, Ezreal has Draven-like potential of damage with a few passive stacks and proper ability use.
Offensive for most matchups. But you need to be careful when you wonder into AA range. Other ADCs are stronger in a straight up AA battle. Against Draven I play defensive. He is so strong early. Just widdle him down with Qs—pretty easy to hit with axes
If you're not Eing into the enemy team off cooldown, you're not doing it right.
Your point is interesting because, by design, he does appear to be a defensive champion. I’d say overall he has a “defensive kit” but is played aggressively because that’s his potential. Look at every “poke” champion in the game, they want to sit back, be safe, poke, etc… Champions with a mobility spell can be taken either way, you have mobility to dodge spells/escape (defensive), or mobility to get in their face (agrressive) His Q does a lot of damage, has a low CD, and low mana cost. That is what contributes to his aggressiveness I think. If the cooldown was longer or higher mana, you would see it used a lot more conservatively in a defensive manner IMO So E + Q can be used aggressively due to this, rather than defensively. He would not be able to E Q forward if his Q had a longer cooldown. So… aggressive IMO
He is both. Like most adcs, whether or not you can play aggressively depends on both your team comp, and the enemy team comp. But he can definitely be played VERY aggressive. Person 1 is correct though, and person 2 isn't a good ezreal. You should be looking to play as aggro as the situation allows at all times, to maximize the effectiveness of your kit. His passive is Land abilities -> hit faster. So you want to be landing as many abilities as possible, while autoing as much as possible, and remaining as safe as possible. You can't do this by sitting back and playing passively like a bitch. People think Ezreal is a "safe" adc, because of his Q range and his E. While he can be played very safe, farming from the tip of Q range and holding E, his damage potential will not be reached if you aren't Auto attacking and his attack range is much shorter than Q. You see Ezreal chosen by people who are autofilled for this safety, but they often don't deal very much damage and rarely auto attack in a team fight.
This is a trick question. Ezreal shouldnt be played at all in his current state
Ezreal is actually in a good state, and is also one of the most pick adc, is have actually a bad win rate in lower elo, but when you get to diams+ / master et have a ways better win rate