Loading...
Ezreal
Patch 16.2.1
BotDifficulty
Hard
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
You win by poking the enemy team down before a fight even starts. Use to whittle them to 40% HP. Once they are low, use to reposition aggressively and clean up the fight while they can't engage on you.
Playstyle
Ezreal is a high-mobility caster-marksman who dominates by poking from a distance. You aren't a traditional 'stand and shoot' ADC; you win by landing skillshots to lower your cooldowns and remaining impossible to catch.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- +Unrivaled safety in lane and fights thanks to the blink
- +Extreme long-range poke and objective pressure with
- +Global map pressure and wave management using
- +Incredible mid-game power spikes that allow you to take over the game
Weaknesses
- -Zero utility or crowd control to help your team
- -Entirely skillshot reliant; if you miss , your DPS and CDR disappear
- -Poor waveclear compared to other ADCs without burning
- -Low base health makes you highly vulnerable if is misused
Abilities
Hitting any spell gives you Attack Speed, stacking 5 times. This is your hidden power. In any fight, you MUST weave auto-attacks between spells to make use of this free stat. Always try to hit a minion with before a fight to pre-stack this.
Your main tool. It fires a bolt that deals damage and reduces all other ability cooldowns by 1.5 seconds on hit. This includes and . If you aren't hitting , you are essentially a useless champion.
Fires an orb that sticks to targets. Hit it with an auto or another spell to detonate it for burst damage and mana refund. It is great for taking towers and prioritizing targets for your bolt.
A short-range teleport (blink) followed by a homing bolt. This is your 'get out of jail free' card. It prioritizes targets hit by . Never use this aggressively unless you are 100% sure the enemy jungler isn't nearby.
A global energy wave. It deals massive damage to champions but reduced damage to minions. Use it to start fights, snipe low-HP targets across the map, or clear a massive wave crashing into your tower from afar.
Teamfight Role
High-Mobility Sniper
Stay at the edge of your range. Your goal is constant uptime. Use on the closest safe target to keep your cooldowns low and stacks high. Use early in the fight to damage multiple people and get your passive attack speed maxed immediately.
If an assassin like Zed or Talon is hunting you, save exclusively for their engage. Do not use it for damage.
Combos
Standard Poke
→
Your main trading tool. The sticks to them, and the procs the burst and refunds the mana cost. Very safe and high reward.
The All-In Burst
→ → → Auto
Use to blink into range so the homing bolt hits the target. Follow immediately with and an auto. Only use this to finish kills.
Ultimate Shred
→ → → Auto
Start with from fog of war to stack instantly to max. Then use the standard combo to execute the target while they are reeling.
Tower Siege
on Tower → Auto
works on structures. Use it whenever you have a safe window to hit the tower for extra burst damage and to keep your stacks up.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 1 | You are very weak here. Focus on farming and stacking with to keep the wave even. |
| Level 2 | Unlocks the + combo. If you land this, you can chunk most ADCs for 25% of their health instantly. |
| Level 6 | gives you huge burst and global kill pressure. It also allows you to instantly get 5 stacks of if you hit a full wave and champions. |
| Level 11 | Rank 2 and lower base cooldowns on mean you can spam abilities almost constantly if you land your shots. |
| Level 13 | With and both maxed out, your mobility is at its peak. You can blink every few seconds if you land consecutive shots. |
Tips & Tricks
- •You can 'buffer' to escape CC. If Blitzcrank hooks you, press just as the hook hits; you will blink away even though the hook connected.
- • reduces the cooldown of . If your ult is on a 40s cooldown, hitting 10 s will make it available almost instantly.
- •Use on the enemy even if you can't hit a . A simple auto-attack will detonate it and give you mana back.
- •Check the brush with . If your passive stack count goes up, you hit someone hiding there.
- •You can Flash during the cast time of to change your position if someone is about to stun you or to dodge a skillshot without canceling the ultimate.
- •Always look at the minimap when you have . You can often pick up free kills or assists in the top lane while staying in the bot lane.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Using forward into fog of war→You lose your only escape tool and usually get collapsed on by the enemy jungler and die.
- ✕Forgetting to auto-attack in teamfights→You lose roughly 40% of your potential damage by not using the attack speed from .
- ✕Spamming and missing constantly→Your will stay on its long base cooldown (18s+), leaving you a sitting duck for the enemy engage.
- ✕Saving only for 'sniping' kills→You miss out on massive teamfight damage and the 5 stacks of you get for hitting a group of enemies.
- ✕Ignoring the wave to chase poke→Ezreal is bad at farming under tower. If you let the enemy shove you in, you will fall behind in gold even if you land poke.
AI-generated guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached