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Second best item after IE, pure damage-vise is actually equal between fully stacked BT and PD.... Though unstacked, the PD wins outright (after IE + 1-3 dorans that is).... unless enemies have so much armor that LW is the best choice.... Also PD gives movespeed == utility and speeds up farming.

Thats why  the standard build is (Standard, because it gives the most damage increase overall):

1.1-3 Dorans + Berserkers greaves

2. IE+ Vamp scepter(optional) 

3. Zeal. (sell dorans at some point)

4. Depending on enemy armor stacking, finish LW or PD, then finish the other one. 

5.  Choose 2 of these items in most suited order (very game dependent): BT, QSS, second PD, Guardian Angel, Banshees Veil

This post is nice to ppl who did not know this already, great article for the new Ezreal players, however every seasoned Ez player/or theorycrafter knows that bought BT and IE outdamage trinety BYYY FAAAR.... So this post becomes kinda stupid after that, since the reason for trinity, is not the damage, but the extremely nice buildup and power you gain in lane, mutch the same as the triple dorans+wriggels-->PD build for other ADs:  

- Ezreal has a low mana pool early and very high damage burst damage..... for only 1250 gold you can increse that burst (sheen proc) and that mana pool, making you win trades in lane. 

-  The Phage combined with 1-2 Dorans (1800-2200gold) gives you a Lot of damage and survivability for laning, making you win trades as well, and if you win trades the slow makes sure they have to blow summoners or you get a kill.

--> These two items makes you win certain match-ups for sure, making you stronger and ahead of the enemy AD.... at this point you can snowball -->

Depending on how long the game have lasted: 1. you build either straight for Trinity as you are still laning and this makes you stomp even harder in lane.

2.  Build IE for maximum damage, and do a regular AD carry build, even though you have some nice options: phage+sheen --> Trinety after IE, or sell sheen+phage -->frozen mallet (makes you kite like a boaws).

Now if IE is the best first item, what is the next best? Phantom Dancer or Trinity Force?

get an intrinity edge problem solved

I'd be more interested in seeing a post on the Gold Efficiency/Value Added of going for Phantom Dancer vs Trinity Force as a second item for Ezreal assuming you rushed Infinity Edge first.

Now i might just happen to be a bit crazy in saying this because i personally love ezreal and play him loads and read up all the stuff on ezreal and tested all the stuff on him so im pretty sure that most of the time on ez unless u have mega sustain support or are destroying ur lane u rush a bloodthirster. NOT TO MENTION ezreal usually gets early game sheen unless when he b's he can buy straight up bf, the again after that unless he can get straight up IE/BT not trying to bash you thats just my personal opinion of what i like and believe is most common.

I've never been sure what to pick up first on Ez, and even with this information I think I may still get Phage or Sheen first, but likely finish IE before finishing Trinity Force. - just going to be very dependant on the situation I guess! Thanks for this Diff The Ender! I've added the link to my weekly eSports news roundup. :)

would be way more interesting if its stronger to get pd or trinity on ez. Cause you cant rly compare utility against raw dmg. Its like Comparing the dmg of a Frozem mallet against Bt. There is no reason to do it. But as ezrael with full lategamebuild, u have to choose between pd and trinity, so it would be nice if some1 could compare them.

You don't need utility as an AD Carry.

You need to be able to pew pew.

Utility = Positioning = Not dying = More damage?

tell ashe that. because ashe is the number 1 ad carry due to number 1 utility and not a certain void carry that has 0 escapes and no real utility except for a small slow, but deals RETARDED amounts of damage with any items at all.

tl;dr ->at end of day, ad just has to go pew pew.

I love reading these btw, keep it up :)

Could you do the math on when Infinity Edge + Last Whisper do more DPS than Infinity Edge + Phantom Dancer?

As an AD player, I've been wondering about this for a long time. I tend to buy Last Whisper immediately after Infinity Edge if the enemy team has 1 Chain Vest on their team. Or does anyone else know?

Look at the actual amount of armor that they have. If two to three are >100, then buy Last Whisper. Otherwise, Phantom Dancer is better. Generally, the PD is better because it offers better positioning and by late-mid game, you start relying on your auto-attacks more than your spells (except for using spells to proc your passive, letting you AA more).
Note: Some of the enemy champs might have taken armor runes and masteries and built smaller items that give them ample armor. i.e. Wriggle's.

This is what I remember from a while back, so it might be outdated. I'm not sure.

First of all you are looking at damage you get from Trinity Force rather then all the other stats for example Attackspeed and Health that TF offers that IE doesn't get. Secondly Trinity Force gives you more damage on your Q and more burst damage then TF offers.