About the author:

Hello! I'm Vaezilon, I have been playing League of Legends since early 2010, I play League of Legends regularly, I watch alot of streams from high ranked players, and I have a good understanding of the game mechanics.

I haven't played enough ranked games to get a rating yet, as I wanted to get better at the game before I started playing ranked. When I play 5s premade, I usually play with 1200-1500 ELO players, so I imagine somewhere inbetween there would be my rating.

One of the first champions I bought was Ashe, so from the start I have always been playing as an AD carry. I bought Ezreal soon after his release and he has since then become one of my most played champions.





What will this guide cover?

In this guide i will be going through my choices of runes, masteries, skill sequence, items and try to explain everything as thoroughly as possible, please keep in mind that the way I play Ezreal is all about dominating lane early game.

Please do not downvote this guide without reading it through and leaving a comment about what it is that you dislike about it.

SPACE

P R O S

SPACE

+ Strong early game. + Strong poke. + Attack speed buff. + High mobility. + Global ultimate.

SPACE

SPACE

- Slow base movement speed. - Squishy. - Damage falls off late game. - He has no CC. - 3250 RP for Pulsefire skin.

SPACE

C O N S

SPACE

4x Greater Mark of Desolation
5x Greater Mark of Attack Damage

As AD carry, you should have a mix of attack damage and armor penetration. Attack damage is for early game advantage, and helps you last hit. Armor penetration helps you all game through, and as enemies start building defensive items.

I take these to help me with last hitting, and getting some extra damage early on as Ezreal is strong early game.






9x Greater Seal of Armor

As an AD carry, you will in 99% of the games face another AD carry, get these for some extra armor, this will give you an advantage if you are trading blows with the enemy AD carry.






9x Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist

As you will be facing an AD carry in the laning phase, magic resist isn't very important until mid to late game. Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist is more effective than Greater Glyph of Magic Resist at level 9 and after, and by the point you hit level 9-10 the laning phase should be coming to an end. (Unless both teams play very defensively.)






3x Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage

These quints will add even more to your early game damage, with these you will have a serious damage advantage over the enemy AD carry and last hitting should be a breeze.

• 4,75 Attack damage
• 6,64 Armor Penetration

• 12,69 Armor

• 1,35 Magic resist /level (24 Magic Resist at level 18)

• 6,75 Attack damage

Summoner's Wrath : If you have a summoner spell that benefits from this, take a point here. If you don't, you can put a point into Butcher instead.

Brute Force : Some extra damage to help your early game. Alacrity : Some extra attack speed, raises your damage output. Weapon Expertise : 10% Armor Penetration, this is part of the reason we can have so few armor penetration runes. Deadliness : Some extra attack damage that scales throughout the game. Lethality : For when you have your Trinity Force and Infinity Edge. With these items your crit chance will be 40% and your critical strikes will hit for 260% damage! Vampirism : 3% bonus life steal, for some early sustain which allows you to stay longer in lane. Sunder : 6 flat armor penetration, again, this is partly the reason we can have so few armor penetration runes. Executioner : 6% increased damage against champions below 40% health, this awesome mastery is often the difference between a secured kill and an enemy with 20 hp.

Hardiness : Since you will be laning against another AD carry, put 3 points here to have a slight advantage when trading blows. Resistance : Put a point here for some extra magic resistance. If you have Heal or Cleanse you should put a point into Summoner's Resolve instead. Durability : This mastery will really beef you up, with 108 extra hp at level 18. Veteran's Scars : 30 extra health, this helps your durability in lane, and could help you survive a gank that otherwise would mean death.

SPACE

• +5 Attack damage and ability power when Ignite is on cooldown
• +3 Attack damage
• +4% Attack speed
• 10% Armor penetration
• 0,5 Attack damage / level (9 at level 18)
• +10% Critical strike damage
• +3% Lifesteal
• +6 Armor Penetration
• +6% Damage dealt to targets below 40% health

• +2 Magic resist
• +6 Armor
• +6 Health / level (108 at level 18)
• +30 Health

SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE

All bonus stats

SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE

Total bonus at level 18

wat

+14,5 Attack Damage +0,5 Attack Damage / level (9 at level 18) +12,64 Armor Penetration 10% Armor Penetration +4% Attack Speed +10% Critical hit damage +3% Lifesteal

wat

23,5 Attack Damage 12,64 Armor Penetration 10% Armor Penetration 4% Attack Speed 10% Critical hit damage 3% Lifesteal

wat

+18,69 Armor +2 Magic Resistance +1,35 MRes / level (24 at level 18) +30 Health +6 Health / Level (108 at level 18)

SPAAAAACE

18,69 Armor 26 Magic Resistance 138 Health

SPACE

: This will make Ezreal really hard to catch or run away from, especially when used along with Arcane Shift.

: Great for securing kills, especially when used in combination with Trueshot Barrage.

SPACE

Ezreals built in steroid, without a blue buff you should only try to keep this up during teamfights, or you will just end up depleting your mana. Remember to stack this up when you are taking down a tower.






Depending on if this hits or misses, this is what makes or breaks any Ezreal player. It's great for harassing early game, especially when you get your Sheen as it will effectively double the AD ratio. But it falls off in late game, as it does not penetrate units like Sivirs Boomerang Blade or Graves Buckshot.

• This can be used to check brushes for enemies, as it makes a sound and stops short whenever it hits anything.
  
• Make sure to always hit SOMETHING with this, as when it hits an enemy unit all cooldowns are reduced by 1 second, even Mystic Shot itself. Using this when you farm can allow you to fire your ultimate every 30 seconds.

Good for poking when the enemy is hiding behind minions, however it costs alot of mana. Great for teamfights as it's basically a 40% attack speed buff for your entire team.

• In a teamfight, just shoot this onto your team and you should have a serious advantage.
  
• Remember this gives you a stack of your passive for every champion it hits, friendly or enemy. With a well aimed shot you can get full stacks on your passive instantly.

Ezreals built in damage dealing Flash. Keep in mind this has a longer range than flash, and with this you can pretty much jump over any wall on Summoner's Rift. As Ezreal has a low base movement speed, you shouldn't be using this offensively, which is why i max this last.

• You can use this to cancel out any of Blitzcrank Rocket Grabs, as casting this in the grab animation cancels it, allowing you to teleport away.

This ultimate is great for securing kills, when coupled with Ignite you can easily get fed. Just land a couple of Mystic Shots, Arcane Shift into Ignite and Trueshot Barrage to finish them off.

• Keep in mind that it deals less damage for every unit it hits. I can't even tell you how many times I have accidentaly sent this through a jungle camp only to see the enemy I was trying to snipe walk away with 10 hp.

Ezreal is an AD carry that relies on poke/harass to zone out the enemy or get kills in the laning phase. Maxing your Mystic Shot first allows you to do just that, since it has a high damage, low cooldown and a low mana cost.

The skill you should max second is Arcane Shift. This is because every rank, the cooldown is lowered by 2 seconds, damage is increased by 50, but the mana cost stays the same. This allows you to jump over more walls than ever!

The skill you should max last is Essence Flux. This spell is most useful in teamfights, as it can boost your entire teams attack speed. You could choose to max this before your Arcane Shift if you are good at positioning in teamfights and have good map control.

Obviously, you should pick a point in Trueshot Barrage whenever it's available, since the damage gets boosted by 150 every level you take, but the mana cost stays the same.





TL;DR?

R > Q > E > W

• Get the Boots to be able to dodge skillshots and be able to outrun any ganks that may come your way. With Ezreals low base movement speed, if a gank comes your way, it's almost certain death.
  
• Get 3 Health Potion for some sustain to be able to stay in lane longer even if you take some harass.

• Get a Sheen to boost your Mystic Shot damage. As Mystic Shot applies on-hit effects, the extra damage from sheen is applied to it as well, it's also a nice boost to your auto attacks when using your other abilities.
  
• Next up is the Berserker's Greaves These with Rising Spell Force fully stacked should give you a great attack speed.

• I build Trinity Force because all of the stats that synergises with Ezreal in some way, and for these two effects:
  • Slow the target by 35% for 2.5 seconds, good for when you don't have that red buff and are chasing or kiting someone.
  • On cast, increases your base Attack Damage by 150% for one attack, with this boosts the damage on Mystic Shot even higher.
• Infinity Edge is a great item as most of Ezreals damage comes from Mystic Shot and auto attacks, this item boosts Ezreals damage by alot.

• Get Banshee's Veil if the enemy team has more AP carries than AD carries, or the AP carry is fed.
  
  
• Get Quicksilver Sash if the enemy team CCs you or uses Exhaust on you in every teamfight.
  
  
• Get Guardian Angel if you are having trouble surviving, or are facing a balanced team.

• Get Phantom Dancer if you are fed, or you just want more crits and attack speed.
  
  
• Get Last Whisper if the enemy team are stacking armor.
  
  
• Get Bloodthirster if you want more damage and lifesteal.
  
  
• Get Maw of Malmortius if you need more protection against AP, or you are facing a Karthus.
  
  
• Get Madred's Bloodrazor if the enemy team is stacking health.

Upcoming stuff:

• How to help your jungler
  
• How to freeze lane
  
• How to last hit under tower
  
• How to ward, and where
  
• Buff timers
  
• Anything else I can come up with.

What to do:

• Early game
  
• Mid game
  
• Late game
  

26/10 2012: Published
27/10 2012: Fixing a few spelling mistakes and reformatted some parts.

Currently adding sections on how to play in early-mid-late game, and writing new motivations for the items section. I hadn't slept for 2 days when i published the guide, sorry about that.

Thank you for reading my guide of Ezreal, the Prodigal Explorer!


If there is anything you dislike about this guide, anything I should explain in further detail or if you spot any spelling errors, feel free to leave a comment to let me know.