Ezreal Build Guide by Vavena

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| ADC | Competitive Ezreal

Last updated on September 19, 2012

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Build 1 (Cheat Sheet)

Champion Build: Ezreal

Recommended Runes

Purchase Order

Ability Sequence

Mastery Tree Is Outdated

WARNING: These masteries are still using the old tree and have not been updated to the new tree by the guide author. As such, they will be different than the masteries you see in-game.

Masteries

Offense: 23

Defense: 0

Utility: 7

Guide Table of Contents

Introduction

Pros/Cons

Runes

Masteries

Items

Skill Sequence

Introduction

is a high burst damage AD that focuses on early lane and mid game dominance. He has high mobility in fights and strong kill potential in lane. Though he falls off late game compared to other ADCs like , , or , he can still carry most of the teams damage with good positioning.

I've been using for more then half a year now and have hundreds of games played with him. I spent that time experimenting with different types of builds, masteries, runes, and different skill orders. I've had multiple chances to vs and talk to top ADC plays; some because of connections, others due to Tournaments, and Ranked 5s/Premade normals. I plan on making this guide as informational as my laziness can let me... I'll give you the info flat out, whether you use it or not depends on you.

Pros/Cons

Pros

+Strong early game damage + in lane poke.
+High mobility via +.
+Dominant in trades.

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Cons

-Requires good instinct and precise timing.
-Falls off late game.
-Outclassed by most ADCs.

Pros/Cons Explained

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+"Strong early game damage + in lane poke."

is know for his strong laning phase. When playing an aggressive ADC with strong early (, , etc.) like him you should push the lane at level one to get two faster. From that point if the opposite ADC is a level behind play aggressively but be wary of miss-positioning and taking unnecessary damage.

+"High mobility via Arcane Shift+ Flash."

gives you the same amount of mobility as , increasing your kill potential in lane and escape rate. Do not use it aggressively in lane unless you know where mid and jungle are. Even then only use for a guarantied kill or to win a trade by a large margin. Same goes for team fights - save for repositioning.

+"Dominant in trades."

Trading with is pretty simple considering you have . Even though it is based on AP it still does good poke damage when maxed, but the most significant aspect about that makes so good at trading is the attack speed debuff. After landing it it's always good to find an opportunity to fit in one or two autos while is still in effect.

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-"Requires good instinct and precise timing."

All of s abilities are skill-shot which makes playing him a bit more challenging then other ADCs.

Over time you'll learn the abilities range and hit-box to the point where it shouldn't be an issue, as for completely new players it will prove to be difficult. Even if it's your first time playing him I recommend using smart-cast for the abilities as it provides faster reaction and easier combos, though it all leads up to your preference.

-"Falls off late game."

Unlike other ADCs, has no self-buff in late game to do extra damage. None of his abilities scale with AD other then which would be a waste of time to use in a team fight other then get a few passive stacks from . As for his ult (), it also scales in AD, but is on a 80 second CD. So in the end only has his auto-attacks late game for damage.

-"Outclassed by most ADCs."

The section above practically explains why. Other ADCs offer more damage end game then does, and he has no special steroid or any strong self-buff to increase his damage output (exp. , , , ).

Runes

, , ,

Practically every ADC uses the same types of runes as shown above.

Greater Mark of Attack Damage: You either go with these runes for the damage or Greater Mark of desolation for the armor pen. AD runes are stronger early then ArP runes, which scale better into late game.
Greater Seal of Armor: A must for any ADC or support going bot. Nothing better you could use in the Seal slot.
Greater Glyph of Magic Resist: Also a must for all ADC, because I really doubt the enemy support doesn't do magic damage or that they don't have an AP carry . You can also run Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist runes.
Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage: Same reason for using as Greater Mark of Attack Damage. You can also take greater quintessence of desolation for the ArP late game.

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Masteries

Items

Standard

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Situational

Infinity Edge vs Trinity Force on Ezreal

'DiffTheEnder' writes:

"Even after trying to give the edge to Trinity Force by limiting the study to a small number of basic attacks, including a full QWER rotation and numerous sheen procs. It is painfully obvious that the Infinity Edge is significantly better damage wise than a Trinity Force. It is important to note that an Infinity Edge also scales any other AD you might have due to the critical damage increase. Having said this, I would strongly recommend not rushing a Trinity Force first for damage purposes unless you absolutely require a bigger mana pool or the utility from the slows and MS increase. However that is my opinion and you are free to disregard it if you wish."

Standard Build

Start

Cost: 475

Start with and 3-4 on . Even if you have a sustain support like or never start with a . While it does give you more damage and life steal, you risk taking needless damage from trades and/or get level 2 ganked because you have low mobility.

Early game

Cost: 2320

After about three to four backs you should have the build above. As tempting as it is, don't buy a strait up if you have the money. Even if your damage goes up your survivability plummets. An ADC with full boots, ,and 2 s could easily win trades with someone with only full boots and . Also never build 3 , only 2 at max. Since building 3 would put you behind build and gold wise, not to mention the extra health and damage is not needed.

Late game

Cost: 8965

At the 23+ minute mark you should at least have a finished and starting on your zeal. If you don't you are behind with your build. Next focus on getting a . After finishing it you have a choice between building a or .

Quicksilver Sash if you are having issues surviving in team fights.
Last Whisper if you are surviving team fights + for the extra damage and armor pen.

Considering on how well you farmed and how fed you are, you should have all the core items by the 40-45 minutes mark. The last item you buy should be a , which you will sell the for. Buy elixirs with the money left over.

End game

Cost: 15035

Situational Build

Start

Cost: 475

Same reasoning for starting out this build with and as the first.

Early game

Cost: 3635

You should have the above build after 4-5 backs. I recommend getting the before , unless you are having laning issues then go first.

Late game

Cost: 9360

Skill Sequence

Ability Sequence
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

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