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#leagueoflegends #ezreal

[@MsElViktor]

Fun useless fact about Ezreal: In the Brazillian dub of LOR when he is summoned he says: "Ezreal, i choose you !". The reason why he says that is cuz his VA voiced Ash Ketchum for 15+ years

[@thelord7478]

Who said that this is a useless fact? this changed my world view.

[@definetelynotnight7725]

I do believe he also says that in league somewhere, i do remember hearing it.

[@gabrielmatos6308]

Fábio Lucindo é foda, sdds de quando ele dublava o Ash

[@legalok7993]

@@definetelynotnight7725 pretty sure its the arcade skin

[@noclue7080]

I actually really like his personality, it has a surprising amount of depth and feels very real in a game where most champions are chanting kill death murder. Also fun fact: Ezreal accidentally saved the world when he stole an artifact from Mordekaiser's cultists that they were using to summon him back

[@genesisofthebetween]

Lmao love that for him

[@_blooze]

I like your discussion of "overconfident" characters, but I think I'd put it a bit differently. There's a thin line between confidence and arrogance... Ezreal never crosses over into arrogance (unlike ASol or Qiyana), which makes me want to put some respect on his name, personally. He might get annoying at times, always hyping himself up, you but you can sense his vulnerability. The dude lost his parents. The dude's parents abandoned him before that. If no one else tells him he's worthy of love--he's gotta tell himself. There's a great story arc here, and League just traps him in the most annoying part of it.

[@KingBLUCK]

Spitting!

[@Tiltigo]

I actually like that Ezreal is seemingly not an amateur. He can back up a lot of the big game he's spitting, but he's not an irredeemable douchebag either. "The cocky kid with a heart of gold" is a neat archetype, imo.

[@magical571]

an annoying archetype. there, fixed it for you lol

[@Muuony]

Hes actually a yordle racist soooo i diagree

[@loudwhispre9406]

@@Muuony He also is racist against Noxians and he stereotypes all the Bilgewater champions as pirates. Which is "funny", given that Ezreal himself is notorious for grave robbing.

[@jeph7434]

@@loudwhispre9406 racist agaisnt noxians is funny cause its basically like saying he hates nazis and hes not wrong about bilgewater being pirates peeps its literally the whole theme

[@boxtupos7718]

​@@loudwhispre9406He hates the people that are known for enslaving and destroying whole towns if they don't submit? Wow I wonder why he hates them. Maybe it's the child soldiers? Maybe them gassing their own soldiers? Ultimately who knows; Noxus is morally grey.

[@White_Lilith_00]

My headcanon is that Ezreal is annoying and acts like an important person because he is trying to cope with the fact his parents are missing, or probably is searching for a way to became famous and bring his parents back

[@autistictyranitar414]

It's not a headcanon, it's a fact. Ezreal has clear symptoms of ADHD, him wanting to draw attention to himself is a clear indication of being neglected since childhood. And because he thinks his parents abandoned him he tries to turn himself in the "cool" kid that no one will ever abandon again

[@alejandropetit6573]

​@@autistictyranitar414I though the sane thing regarding ezreal maybe having adhd, I have really severe adhd and as a kid I used to not care about classes and do my own thing because they felt too easy, but still understanding everything and acing tests

[@kamosai9797]

reminds me of Mirage's lore from Apex Legends in a way

[@obara7366]

I am unashamed to say that I got into Ezreal just cuz he spoke to my anime fangirl heart. There is a core of a good character there, and I think he can be molded into something magnificent. I'm very much into impostor syndrome characters.

[@zwiebeldogs]

Fun fact: Ezreal is the only blonde human male in the game. The only other blonde male is Heimerdinger. Just noticed that one day

[@washada]

Isn’t Olaf blonde?

[@sithguy20awesome]

@@washada He's iceborn which isn't technically EXACTLY human as we'd understand them but still a type of human.

[@zwiebeldogs]

@@washada I always saw Olaf as a redhead. A very orange-y red tbf

[@thesolarhunter]

Another fun fact about Ezreal (its not totally about Ezreal but thats better imo) While he has the left Guantlet of Ne'zuk, Kassadin has the right one, hence why they can both teleport around

[@goldlight1322]

Where exactly is this said, if you don't mind my asking? While it's true that Kassadin gathered a ton of equipment to aid in his crusade against the Void, the other Gauntlet of Ne'Zuk is never said to be one of them. His ultimate, Riftwalk, has always been implied to be that he's just moving in and out of the Void. Moreover, Kassadin's right gauntlet doesn't look anything like Ezreal's.

[@d4s0n282]

I forget specifically where, but this is in fact true@@goldlight1322

[@linkedfish6157]

It's in wildrift, and if u watch their in game models in there their gauntlets are the same just in a different color

[@goldlight1322]

@@linkedfish6157 Huh. I don't play Wild Rift so but looking up pictures of the model I can see it. But does this mean he's strapped the Netherblade of Horak to the gauntlet ?

[@x-nimator9997]

@@goldlight1322 on wild rift and tecnically on his LoL splash art. Kassadin's new design shows the other gauntlet, and in his story it is stated he traveled to shurima and zaun to get relics in order to build his armor that would protect him against the void.

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

Fun fact the voice actor for Ezreal also does work for the League KZbin channel called Skilled Capped. He teach people guides with everything to do in league

[@johird9990]

"4 champions who can build whatever they want" add shaco to that

[@Nyxtan]

I feel like whenever Nicky says he doesn't like "overconfident" characters, he kinda misses the fact that some of the characters he mentions are not really overconfident. I feel like both Ezreal and Qiyana are perfect examples of characters who ACT overconfident, because in reality, they are deeply insecure. Ezreal is really just a kid who desperately wants his parents to come home. He acts like a Shonen protagonist, but it is just a pose, because he believes that when his parents see him for a fearless hero he is, they might finally come home. As for Qiyana, she may be a spoilt rich girl, but her attitude (at least to me) comes off as more of a girl who had to fight for her spot in the light way too hard and is deep down afraid she is a fake who forced herself in this position, hence her hesitance to admit she cannot control the element of fire. Ofc I might be reading too deep into this, but I feel like Qiyana especially has more depth than she is given credit for.

[@Nephix]

"Today we're playing the stupid guy" can already tell this video will be another certified banger

[@krok2112]

I despise everything about Ezreal except his lore. I like how he met champions like Jax, Malphite and Lewis the gator but seeing him in game makes me wish my walls were made of dry wall so I could punch them

[@kevingbergiste7372]

It isn’t any wonder that that a young guy who’s never failed at anything in his life is extremely confident. I don’t think it’s fair to call him “over-confident.” He has no reason to not be as confident as he is.

[@Underworlder5]

same thing with azir. if a kid grows up being told he is gods gift to mankind, can you really blame him for acting like he is gods gift to mankind?

[@ibrahim5463]

Am i really the only one who dosent find ezreal all that annoying

[@wren5413]

Yes :)

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

Me neither. Definitely cocky but don’t think he’s annoying

[@harutherogue5116]

Nah he isn't annoying at all this guy's just big mad

[@xolotltolox7626]

Nah, I love him

[@mylespiper5561]

Yes

[@glaba24]

Ezreal has a lot of potential to be a really good and interesting character/main character in a story. He has a lot of flaws and character traits that easily lend themselves to a character arc of self-improvement, accepting oneself, facing the truth, etc. It's quite easy to see and nothing we haven't seen before, though that's not a bad thing, leaning on cliches and past ideas can lead to great results. It's just that like... League makes cool lore and characters and then like, nothing happens with them besides short stories, alt universe skin shit, Arcane. Here is to hoping we get a fun spelunking, Indiana Jones style story or show with Ezreal in the protagonist seat.

[@supersparks25]

Ez is a champ that I believe has just as much potential as Jinx and Jayce in terms of character. The idea of a boy with so much power being overconfident to hide his fears of his parents never returning is an amazing idea for a story and could parallel Lux’s hiding of her powers if we do ever get a canon interaction between them

[@pedropaulo5600]

I personally never saw Qiyana overconfidence as being taken serious, she sounds like a bratty kid on purpose it seems, and she also has the whole being the best of her sisters and it not mattering in the line of sucession, for me she reads as "I am the best at what I do and still nobody likes me and it is everyone elses fault" kinda gal, which for me is an interesting character :v

[@pokemonlover4894]

Qyiana personality is mostly her parents fault

[@WandersNowherre]

I grew a soft spot for Ez once I read his lore. His cocky persona seems to be a mask for a lonely insecure young guy who misses his parents and is desperate to prove himself and win others' approval. That's pretty relatable. Unfortunately I can't gel with his crush on Lux, it's just written in a way that's cringy bordering on stalkery. It'd be good character development to see him grow out of it rather than be rewarded for it, but that might be asking too much.

[@sithguy20awesome]

I'd love if him and Lux could end up as just friends! I think honestly that's a lot closer to what both of them need in their lives, rather than a romantic relationship.

[@imarock8763]

8:48 you could attribute this to the fact that ezreals parents werent around not even for half of the time..to the show boaty nature of him saying "ha ha im the best" really plays into the fact that he was probably very lonely as a child and wanted that attention that he didnt really receive. I understand people find him annoying but i like him and think hed actually make for a good tv show

[@wafflinxes5224]

Ezreal is one of the poster childs of league that makes sense and "deserves" to be one, like jinx or lee sin, and unlike.....Kai'sa

[@frankhorrigan1508]

Yeah as much as i hate Ezreal he feels like part of the Region he is from. Kai'sa................. Let's just say camille took all the good of the 2

[@kauanjos3199]

I like Kai'sa...

[@pokemonlover4894]

​@@frankhorrigan1508 kaisa is from shurima not the void

[@sithguy20awesome]

I'm gonna piggyback of the discussion that some comments have had, while it's quite obvious (Nicky even points it out) that Ez's confidence is a mask to some extent, I'll go one step further and say in terms of actual self-confidence Ezreal is cripplingly low. He literally surpassed his parents, discovered the temple and artifacts they didn't and still thinks 1. They are not around because he isn't worth being around. 2. That on some level they are right to think this. This is combined with the aspect of his character I do really like, that despite all his bluster he is a genuinely good person, (Goes out of his way to save Kai'sa in the warriors cinematic when he could have easily left, had no obligation to help her, all because it was the right thing to do, at risk to himself.) All of this together makes the core of who Ezreal is, he's a pretty good kid at his center, with a lot of baggage. Seriously if someone close to him gave him one (1) genuine affirmation that he was worth loving and caring about it'd probably help him a ton, but because of his own outward mask no one really thinks he needs it, he's already got enough ego to spare or so it would seem. So he enters this honestly tragic spiral of accidentally pushing people away from giving him the care and affection that are like, all he really wants in life. He's honestly a pretty good character.

[@phantom1a2]

The battle academia ezrael works because of the underconfidence It's based on the Shonen characters like deku etc. And every time you lvl your ult, he gets more confident, kinda like making every single one or his ult lvls as another season of his series. Thus why this skin is such a wonderful work of art in comparison to some other legendaries that riot released... Like that one for senna

[@somo4227]

"a frog in a pond thinks he is the king of the world" this is qyiana

[@thegaiagwa02]

The Neeko struggle is real 😩 Also, in Brazillian dub it sounds much much more like he's forcing his overconfident self rather than it being his personality. My dude became Fiddle at the end, damn It actually only took me an hour to make the drawing jajfjdjdksks

[@Nello_angelo]

You should add varus to the list of champions who can build whatever they want and they still work

[@obara7366]

Thank you for another gift on the last business day of the week. It's always a great start to the weekend.

[@Pokemichael]

The reason ezreal jungle was so prominent for a single patch was because they made the AP jungle enchantment (yeah remember those?) a sheen item that restored mana and dealt aoe damage.

[@noodles65]

what im listening to for lunch is sorted TY NICKY

[@velconx15]

11:11 The best description to explain my feelings about BA Ezreal and regular Ezreal.

[@MyxelPyxel]

I think Ezreal as a Jungler is a great idea especially to expand the marksman junglers roster of the game.

[@egggbone5800]

8:31 I think the problem with qiyana is that we have no feats for her. She's said to be really powerful and maybe the confidence matches up but we've only realy seen her mess with piltovans and sisters which gives no bases to what she can actually do

[@Evan-mt7bc]

Old Ezreal's W actually went through a ton of changes. In the beginning it was a heal for himself and allies and an attack speed reduction on enemies. Then he lost the heal and the ability became an attack speed buff and debuff Then it lost the ability to debuff enemies and it just granted him attack speed Then they reworked it into the mark ability it is today.

[@rocodude]

Ezreal bio makes him sound British; he explores ancient ruins and steals anything that looks shiny

[@RakshaTheDaemon]

also, if u wanna make ap ez work, you have to first buy a manamune (to farm) THEN u buy full ap.

[@odarkanm]

I really don't get people who find Ezreal annoying😅 Obviously, I respect your opinion, it's just that I looove his personality, his confidence is definitely not on a Qiyana level (was kinda offended you put them on the same level😂). Great video, hope you have a wonderful day!

[@rottingbasket3379]

Hope collage is going well Nicky!!

[@ongxuwei]

I can say the same for Shaco. I've seen so many combination of item/runes and they're still coming.

[@moop8996]

Are you gonna play fiddle sup for tha fiddle review? I would really want to see you try and play him jg, I consider him one of the more relaxing jg champs to play.

[@ghosty7489]

11:04 This part almost killed me 💀💀

[@evanluck1229]

Battle Academia Ezreal is waiting on his power of friendship powerspike

[@valentine_irl]

perfect lunch break content

[@originalexprey]

Blue Ezreal was the most fun thing ever. AOE on his q was peak

[@jahuuuu9625]

I remember Ezreal being one of the first champs I bought and the reason was just because his dance emote is the hare hare yukai dance from suzumiya haruhi

[@cabbagebutterfly800]

for the Battle academia point, i think that's what they were going for when designing that skin, intentionally making him sound like every shounen jump mc but the english dubbed version.

[@Ray-wz8sg]

Every episode of this series makes me more excited for when we get to Kai'sa

[@stormextoll6011]

Another amazing Video

[@jimmyjohnson3843]

So for the esports skin, the player (Haru) wanted a Rengar skin, but Riot made a rule that you had to play the champ at worlds to get the skin. Haru played one game in play ins, and thus ezreal was the only option.

[@sandu9779]

remember runeglaive Ezreal or Orianna it was so fun but riot killed it ao fast. It was pretty fun as AP to do dmg to creeps

[@chillmadude]

old w gave an attack speed buff to all ally champ it passed through. You could give it yourself, but in order to get it you had to cast it than quickly e or flash in front of it so it'd go over you and give you the buff. also i forget, but i wanna say his passive also changed, i could be very wrong there, and if so oops mb

[@theguy1239]

Wait i realized something. Both Ezreal and Kassadin seek their loved ones(Kass his daughter and Ez his parents) and they both have those gauntlets, so in conclusion we need to see a team up.

[@somo4227]

actually the gauntlets are both of the same person,that na'zuk guy or what he wa called

[@kauanjos3199]

The funny thing is, ezreal has met kai'sa

[@boxtupos7718]

​@@kauanjos3199Kai'Sa got out while her father dove into the void

[@Armorion]

7:20 that flash dang

[@Armorion]

8:25 Lore Question, would Qi make a good Vessel for Aatrox?

[@Vernafveik]

7:21 that entire interaction was hilarious

[@jsj0520]

Fiddle is one of my favorite junglers can’t wait for next week

[@indigofenix00]

I kind of feel like Ezreal is kind of like "The Mario" of ADCs. His abilities are for the most part extremely straightforward, with no real special properties - a basic ranged skillshot, a bootleg Flash, and his ult is just a big blast. His only real unique ability is his W, and even that is basically just another skillshot to increase his damage and sustain. All other ADCs have more interesting traits, but that flexibility makes him a popular character.

[@KingBLUCK]

Actually ezreal has more range on his e than actual flash.

[@user-anas-bodla]

Bro make a tier list of lol champions based on papularit pleas

[@theminecraft4202]

you forgot Shyvana in hamps that can build whatever they want

[@konabos747]

Personal opinion but in the group of champs that can build anything and it will work I would include Jax. I feel that he would work with basically anything.

[@jeidexsenicejar9439]

Ironically I enjoyed listening about ezreal even if i dont care about him and I evem think this was the most dinamyc review you have done in this series.

[@mikhaelgribkov4117]

Ezreal has this 2000s asshole protagonist vibe to him mixed with swashbuckling adventurer, so for me he is somewhat nostalgic as that type of character died off.

[@PipPanoma]

I like ezreal as a high skill floor adc. Not because you have to hit skillshots, but because a good ezreal will hit skillshots and autoattack, a great one will weave them together seamlessly. Just being able to do that is a reason I would play him. It looks so fucking cool!

[@Alrift]

I'm gonna add on to the list as a champion that builds whatever they want and it just works, but more than that, it works WELL is Shyvana. you CAN build tank Katarina or Kai'Sa but... it's not very good. Shyvana you can literally have a full tank, full AP, full AD or whatever you want and it will legit work.

[@callmeshifu4114]

Talking about skins, I actually got the ultimate one from a chest just to realize it's dogsht and keep playing with the base one

[@Th4ata]

wait 15:59 renata's ult should make zeri use q no?

[@animorphs128]

Idk if this counts but zilean can kinda build whatever he wants as long as its not ad. Any mage, enchanter, or tank item works on him

[@jessefelgentrager7191]

I'd add Thresh and Jax to the "can basically build whatever and destroy everything"

[@Titi-zm7gr]

The way you describe him sounds a lot like Mirage from Apex Legends

[@chillmadude]

iirc when ez was a jungler it was because he could get lv 2 really quickly and then gank top lane before any other jungler for basically a free kill giving both the top and jungler a quick early lead to snowball out of control

[@wst34]

I think he has so many legendaries because the voice actor is into league/willing to voice more. Hell, he voices almost every video for skillcapped.

[@Cabbage1337]

You telling me my boy Skarner doesn't belong in the 'build anything' squad?

[@CptApplestrudl]

I think a quote of Ezreal is "Gauntlet fist", but every time I hear shit like "god exists"

[@pumpking1278]

18:10 are we talking about the fact that Neeko did 0 damage with her ult ?

[@battlefox7762]

15:30 Playing AP Kai’Sa is COMPLETELY different from building hybrid / ad or on hit kaisa Ap Kai’Sa is all about sniping people from a distance, and using your R + W combo to assassinate a specific target once affected by your plasma, while the others kaisas build only use it to engage, and not a a source of poke or main damage. AP kaisa in an hybrid between a poke mages and an assassin, while AD kaisa is an adc with a little assassin side, I’m playing both and it’s completely different (while the hybrid, on hit and AD versions are played mostly the same) Oh and another champion that can build whatever he wants, Shaco ! And he’s playstyle completely shifts if he goes AD or AP. (He can even build bruiser items like stridebreaker and it will work)

[@ofanichan]

I just realized how Ezreal and Leo from Tekken is literally the same character. Even their lore is the same.

[@user-qf4lm7wz8q]

doesnt kassadin have the second gauntlet?

[@jabezedwards8866]

No one mentioning that hitbox 18:15👀

[@sweetlullamoon]

16:08 - Bungo BLAST!

[@ofanichan]

TBSkyen 🤝 NickyBoi Will go on a 3 minute rant about Kai'sa every time they think of her

[@frustratedsquirrel]

add Fizz, Ekko, Shaco and Teemo to your list of champs who can build whatever they want.

[@yourmexican98]

You can build Veigar how ever you want and it would work, tank is the best though.

[@thundercharger1245]

The only ability that scales better with ad than AP is actually his q. The rest of his abilities scale better with AP

[@valdivieztitan1699]

So ezreal’s change is a rework but Shen isn’t?

[@skkarnio]

forgot our king of diverse builds the one and only shacussy herself

[@h3nder]

So RN Akali, Lux and MF are tied for most skins, all of them having 2 prestige skins.

[@epicj7656]

You silly goose, you forgot that Skarner can also build whatever he wants

[@rwaaful]

BONGO BLAST!!!!

[@vapxrangel_]

I think the reason why battle academia is the way he is its because he was supposed to be like Deku from mha

[@Rathial]

I'm technically a league zoomer I started in 2020 due to corona boredom lol but I'm like lvl 600 something now so I know most of the stuffs

[@leonlinn7910]

Wellp, I'm a League zoomer who just started a month ago. I still don't know how to open my chat

[@dbroking8996]

hey! I know he's far away for now... but when you get to nautilus, please play him AP mid! it's very viable and fun! trust :)

[@1Henrink]

Yaaaay a great new video for one of the oldest champions that I just hate.

[@SomeAdamGuy0]

* deep breathing * 14 more chaaaaamps before Ivern

[@myrb2622]

I wouldn't say Qiyana's ego is played seriously. It's almost identical to Ezreal's. The key difference is Ezreal deep down does recognize his insecurities so he plays himself up. Where as Qiyana being a member of royalty was likely built up to believe all those things, and she just refuses to recognize her insecurities or simply can't due to how she was raised. But she still clearly has underlining insecurity. I think a massive indicator of this is the voice line "Of course I've mastered fire.....I just don't like to show off." Considering their upbringings the difference makes a lot of sense. Deep down sad boy who refuses to believe his parents are dead vs pampered and spoiled princess with many siblings all gunning for the crown who probably just wants attention.

[@pokemonlover4894]

I think qiyana has her personality because of trauma her parents neglected her almost her whole childhood and qiyana's whole family did not care for her so its a trauma response for her to act like that

[@Archeides]

I can't believe you named Illaoi as overconfident over Draven, or even Nylah or Fiora.

[@necrogon22]

Im surprised you only gave gameplay a 7, even saying yourself that he's really fun, was expecting at least an 8, maybe a 9. Super fun to just jump around and blast stuff!!

[@benwhitton3434]

Forgot the clown for that exclusive group

[@8-bitjelly77]

Kleptomancy Ezreal flashbacks

[@thatguyfrominvincible]

you should build that Kai'sa's build on her video lmao

[@biolum_]

only 131 weeks to go until zeri time