i do not care about the meta, i do not counterpick, i do not "just play someone else if you want to build attack speed", i lock in ezreal mid and if i lose i kill myself

does the life of an adc bore you? me too, that's how i ended up pouring 100+ games figuring out how to play this blondie on mid. welcome to machinegun ezreal, the playstyle that rewards being slightly less than smart... okay. a lot less than smart.

land all your skills and get good at sniping and you can build basically whatever you want after malignance and shadowflame OR you can spam every AP on-hit item in the game! uhhh... or.. uh.. scratch that.. we love hybrid ezreal now, hextech gunblade is great

oh but luden is a much better item on AP ezreal because it gives him some waveclear which he severely lacks- NO. this is titled *machinegun* ezreal, you're gonna build malignance for the ultimate haste and you're gonna like it


if you're a longtime fan of this guide, you'll be shocked to see a normal kd instead of me looking like a second support. yeah its pretty crazy, hybrid ezreal lets you actually do more in team fights rather than just get assists, its quite nice

older screenshot, but a generational winstreak.

...with the support KDA on most games of course. but hey! you shouldn't be always thinking about how YOUR stats look anyway! plus all of these gave me an S or higher for mastery anyway.. pair up with a jungle player and set up ganks for them with your 1000 dmg ult ;)

calling all the lux mains and other low ultimate cd enjoyers that have an itch for sniping people from across the map, this build is for you! for a small small trade of like 300AP and waveclear you can.. uh.. be more annoying! and snipe more! YAY!

gunblade is my favourite build to do now, but the others still are pretty good. hope someone else has fun with this too!

now unfortunately for machinegun ezreal to work you will need to actually land all of your skills. yup, all of them. or at least make sure to hit your ult. the only thing i'm good at in this game is ezreal's skillshots so that's really all you need! despite building him like a budget mage, i don't neglect the fact that he's a marksman hence all the attack speed items for the lovely on-hit build or the even lovelier hybrid build.

in my experience building full AP doesn't work that well because literally every mage WILL outscale you unless you're a god. so remember! you're a marksman! use those AAs that mages can't throw back at you


early game seriously decides your fate, it's really hard to bounce back unless your jungler loves you and will tank every hit while you snipe from the back. don't rush and act like the squishy little marksman you are. focus on spamming q on the minions (you really. really. need the cs.)

ezreal has pretty good ability to stay in the midlane for a WHILE especially with tear of the goddess, i never first back until i hit at least 900 gold. if the enemy laner is eager to recall just take the free minions (do NOT go for the turret, just sit and wait, god forbid the jungler is nearby)

play a bit more weary once they're back but the 10AD or 5AP they upped shouldn't hurt you too much. don't even THINK of using e to engage until you've got an epic OK?

well.. of course.. if the enemy is incredibly out of position to where your e will hit without you putting yourself out of position too, go for it. and then back to farming. farm farm farm until seeing minions makes you sick

i like to bait by shooting my q at casters specifically right at the very edge of the caster's hitbox so it makes it look like i'm aiming for the laner when i'm really not. sometimes this pushes them closer into range and you can w+e without getting punched back

the core to machinegun ezreal is to constantly look for stuff to snipe, whether it be a drake or a recalling toplaner.
Play Video (i listen to music while i play so all the clips have that. mb. also this video only has the on-hit build, i'm still collecting gunblade clips, sorry!)

since you're gonna have your ult every 60s or less, it doesn't even matter if you get the kill or not as long as you're being annoying-- AHEM, adding pressure! sometimes i just chuck it out at a unsuspecting victim in the botlane and my adc finishes them off

keep a constant mental note of how much damage your R currently does and actually look at the enemy health bar please. though malignance gives you a little bit of leeway since even if you don't fully execute, your ult does a little bit of burn damage on top (and so does deathfire touch) ;)

the main combo you're looking for is q to engage to prock the move speed from cosmic drive into w + e + AA + q + AA and ult when you can. get as many AAs in especially if you've build nashor's or other AS items

if you don't already have commitment issues i'm gonna need you to develop them: never stick around in a lane outside of your own for a SECOND longer than needed. remember that your waveclear is so incredibly bad that even if you're winning lane that can turn around quick if you waste too much time. get one rotation in on the enemy and just leave like you were never there

especially keep an eye out on your jungler's location to gank alongside them as well as try to predict the enemy so you can save yourself some embarassing deaths. ward deep jungle while sticking close to a wall so if face checking a bush goes bad you have your e to escape (hopefully)

if you don't have a ward when claiming objective, you have to be the victim standing behind baron or drake since you can tp back into pit with.. minimal sacrifice to your health if spotted. your w's and q's reach the mobs perfectly fine so this is just an extra way to make yourself useful. and hey, if no one does come after you while you were circling the pit, that just gives you a head start on going to jumpscare the poor laner next to objective

that's all my notes, happy midlaning!

here's also some extra (older, oct-dec 2025) clips :) Play Video