Champion Stats
| Role | Marksman / Mage |
| Difficulty | |
| Blue Essence | 675 BE |
Why High-Elo Players Smurf with Ezreal
Low elo players think Ezreal is a 'safe' pick and play him passively. Smurfs know that his Passive (Rising Spell Force) gives massive attack speed, making him a deadly duelist if you land your spells. Enemies constantly disrespect the Level 2 all-in window where a smurf lands 3 Qs, stacks the passive, and shifts forward to secure a kill. They also stand behind low-health minions, not realizing your Q kills the minion and hits them in one smooth motion.
The Level 1 Cheese
First Blood Strategy
The 'Passive Stack' Bush Cheese. Hide in the lane brush. Before the enemies arrive, stack your passive up to 5 stacks by hitting Qs on the first minion wave. When the enemy bot lane walks up, you have 50% bonus Attack Speed. Walk out and auto-attack them to death. Most players lose the trade instantly because they are fighting a 'Level 1' Ezreal who has 'Level 3' stats.
The 'Pay-to-Win' Skin Advantage
'Battle Academia Ezreal' feels like an anime protagonist with smooth animations and evolving voice lines. 'Porcelain Protector' has a very satisfying Q sound (shattering glass). 'Frosted Ezreal' is the sweaty tryhard skin used by Korean pros. Avoid 'Pulsefire'; it feels clunky and old despite being an Ultimate skin.
When They Ban Ezreal
Backup Pick: If Ezreal is banned,
Lucian offers mobility and spell-weaving gameplay.
Zeri provides the skillshot-based kiting fantasy.
Caitlyn offers range and safety.
Rune Setup
Best Runes: Press the Attack (PTA) is currently the best for burst/all-in. Conqueror is good for extended tank-busting fights. First Strike is viable for snowballing gold income. Presence of Mind is mandatory. Secondary: Manaflow Band + Transcendence for infinite mana and CDR scaling.
Skill Priority
Order:
Q → E → WMax Q for poke/damage. Max E second for lower cooldown on your escape/dash. W last. Q reduces all cooldowns by 1.5s when it hits—this is the core mechanic.
Mastering Ezreal's Kit
Mystic Shot applies on-hit effects (Sheen, BotRK). Hitting it reduces ALL cooldowns by 1.5s (including Ult). If you miss Q, you lose DPS and safety. Aim for the feet.
Essence Flux ignores minions and hits champions/towers. Hitting a W-marked target with an ability/auto detonates it for damage and refunds mana. W-E is a guaranteed targeted burst combo.
Arcane Shift fires a bolt at the nearest enemy. It prioritizes targets with W mark. You can E-Flash to extend the range or change the angle. You can E to dodge hooks reactionarily (buffer the input).
Trueshot Barrage is global. Use it to clear waves cross-map if you need to fix a lane state, or fire it down mid lane to assist a fight you can't reach.
Matchup Tips
Impossible. He hits too hard. Stay back and farm with Q. Rush Sheen.
Skill Matchup. She can Tumble dodge your Qs. You need to predict her movement. If she gets in auto range, she wins extended trades.
Vs Caitlyn
Annoying. She outranges you and hides behind minions. Push the wave so she can't trap you under tower.
The Ego Check
WARNING: Stop E-ing forward into crowd control! Arcane Shift is your only lifeline. If you use it to greed for damage and get hooked by
Nautilus, you die. Use it to reposition laterally or diagonally, not just straight into their face. Also, WEAVE AUTOS. If you finish a game with 20k damage and zero auto-attacks, you played wrong. Q is an auto-reset. Auto-Q-Auto increases your DPS by 200%.
When to Queue Dodge
Dodge if facing Draven or Kalista. They run you down and you can't out-DPS them early. Minions block your Q damage, making it hard to trade back effectively.
Teamfight Role
Poke before the fight starts. Whittle them down. Once the fight engages, stay at max auto range. Weave Qs between autos to keep your passive stacks up and reset your E cooldown. Save E to dodge the assassin diving you. R (Trueshot Barrage) at the start to stack passive instantly or at the end to snipe fleeing targets.
The 'Disrespect' Build
Essence Reaver -> Manamune -> Navori Quickblades. With Navori, your Q cooldown is basically non-existent if you hit. You become a machine gun of skillshots. infinite E resets means you are uncatchable.
Power Windows
Sheen purchase (700g/1000g). Manamune upgrade (Muramana). Trinity Force completion. These are massive spikes. Ezreal falls off slightly against full 6-item hypercarries like Jinx/Twitch, so win the mid-game.
Tilt Factor
Spam Q from fog of war. It's annoying. E away over walls when they try to gank you, wasting their time. Use the 'This belongs in a museum' taunt constantly.
Recent Patch History
| Patch | Date | Type | Changes |
| V14.17 | Aug 28, 2024 | NERF | Base stats nerfed |
| V14.15 | Jul 31, 2024 | NERF | Q nerfed |
| V14.12 | Jun 12, 2024 | BUFF | Q buffed, R buffed, Base stats buffed |
| V14.3 | Feb 7, 2024 | NERF | Q nerfed, R nerfed |
| V14.2 | Jan 24, 2024 | BUFF | Q buffed, W buffed, R buffed |
Safety Tips
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