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Playing Against Ezreal
BotPatch 16.2.1
What They Do
The ultimate slippery poke ADC. Ezreal wants to chip you down with from a screen away. If you try to catch him, he uses to blink away. He scales incredibly well with items like Trinity Force or Manamune but relies entirely on landing skillshots to be effective.
Abilities (What to Watch For)
| Ability | What You'll See | What It Means For You |
|---|---|---|
| Glowing hands or a yellow aura that gets brighter on his character model | He gains up to 50% bonus Attack Speed from by hitting spells. If his hands are glowing, he will win most extended auto-attack trades. | |
| A thin yellow bolt of energy fired in a straight line | His primary damage tool. It applies on-hit effects and reduces all his other ability cooldowns by 1.5s if it strikes any unit. Stand behind your minions to block it. | |
| A blue circular ring that attaches to a champion or objective | An orb that sticks to you. It does no damage until he hits you with another ability or auto. Avoid his or once you are marked. | |
| A short-range blink followed by a homing bolt of energy | His 'Get Out of Jail Free' card. It has a massive 26s cooldown at level 1. The homing bolt will always prioritize targets hit by . | |
| A massive, wide golden crescent moon wave that travels across the map | A global ultimate that deals high magic damage. It deals less damage to minions, but remains a major threat to low-HP champions anywhere on the map. |
Respect
- !Minion-less zones→Without a minion wave, you are fully exposed to spam, which rapidly lowers the cooldown of his blink.
- !+ burst→If he marks you with , he can blink forward with for a guaranteed homing hit that deals massive burst damage.
- !Five stacks of →With his passive fully stacked, he gains 50% attack speed. He can out-dps most early-game ADCs in a sustained 1v1 if his stacks are high.
- !Post-6 Recalls→ is global. If you are low and recalling in a straight line from him, he can easily snipe you for a free kill.
Punish
- +is on cooldown (26-14s)→He is effectively a champion without feet. Call your jungler or force a hard all-in immediately while his only escape is down.
- +He misses multiple shots→His cooldowns do not get reduced when he misses. If he's missing shots, his will be unavailable for a much longer duration.
- +Early game wave manipulation→Ezreal has terrible waveclear. Shove him under his tower to force him to use for last-hitting instead of poking you.
- +The 'Tear of the Goddess' buy→On his first back, he usually buys a 400g Tear. This provides zero combat stats. Use your Doran's Blade or Dirk advantage to bully him.
Laning Tips
- •Always stand inside your minion wave; cannot pass through minions, making his poke useless.
- •If you are marked by , back off for 4 seconds until the ring disappears so he cannot proc the burst damage.
- •Pick champions with hard engage or 'point-and-click' CC to lock him down before he can react with .
- •Watch his mana bar; early on, he is very mana-hungry and cannot fight back effectively if he runs out of juice.
- •The channel for takes 1 second; if you see him start the wind-up, move vertically or CC him immediately.
- •Bait out his by walking at him aggressively, then disengage and re-engage once the ability is on its long cooldown.
Teamfight Warning
- ⚠Never chase him into the jungle or unwarded areas; he is the king of kiting with and .
- ⚠Spread out in chokepoints like the Dragon or Baron pit to prevent his from hitting multiple teammates.
- ⚠Identify if he has Serylda's Grudge; if he does, every will slow you, making him nearly impossible to dive without Flash.
- ⚠Save your high-impact ultimates until AFTER he has used , or he will simply blink out of your range.
- ⚠If he has high stacks of , do not ignore his auto-attacks; he transitions from a mage to a traditional ADC very quickly.
AI-generated counterplay guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached