Posted by Thallen

the problem with Ezreal is that, if you're looking to build him in a way that optimizes your DPS and survivability (as pretty much every AD should be built), then you're building him as an AD caster by maximizing his CDR, getting flat AD, and not prioritizing critical chance or attack speed
that's kind of bad for bottom lane because the meta role of an AD player is to be consistent, guaranteed damage in fights

he's really, really strong with Trinity Force because Q procs the 200% Spellblade passive, but Ezreal and Urgot are the only champions who are reliant on a non-pass-through skillshot to get the bulk of their damage off (and even Urgot's becomes targeted at some point)

he can be played effectively and he's a fun AD to learn if you're good with skillshots, but there's just really not many reasons to pick him over a champion like Lucian
I pretty much love when people pick Ezreal because it gives me one of the very few excuses left to play Vayne

I don't think he's terrible or anything, especially after the Q buffs, but the release of champions like Lucian and Jinx have definitely pushed him down a tier