Ezreal, The Prodigal Explorer is a mage marksman, played mostly bot or mid. He has mixed damage, therefore quite hard to build resistance against.
He is also quite flexible, his E providing a teleport to a close location, kind of like a Flash. He works best with items: his Q applies on-hit effects, so items built from Sheen give him automatically bonus damage on Q.
His W is used to get mana back and can be used to siege turrets, providing bonus magic damage on Ezreal’s next attack or ability, refunding also the cost of that ability.
His R is a global shot, much like Jinx’s or Ashe’s, however, Ezreal’s deals damage to all enemies and monsters hit.
Build 1-The basic ADC build
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A build used by high-elo players, with a lot of sustain (mana, lifesteal) and bonus damage from items (Trinity and BORK)
Item build
Starting items
Doran’s Blade
x1 Health Potion
Early build:
Tear of the Goddess→ Sheen→ Trinity Force
Boots of Speed→ Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Core build:
Manamune
Blade of the Ruined King
Bloodthirstier
Lord Dominic’s Regards
Ability order:
early: Q-E-W-Q
late: max Q
max E
max R
max W
Runes:
PRECISION - Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace
SORCERY - Manaflow Band, Transcendence
Bonus:
+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor
See this build in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDOpdDnw1yk
Build 2-One-shot lethality build (For Mid)
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Dark harvest and lethality allow for one-shotting the squishier champions and dealing serious damage to tanky champions.
Item build
Starting items:
Doran’s Blade
x1 Health Potion
Early build:
Tear of the Goddess→Serrated Dirk→ Pickaxe→ Manamune
Boots of Speed→ Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Core build:
Duskblade of Draktharr
Statikk Shiv
Blade of the Ruined King/Lord Dominik’s Regards
Trinity Force
Ability order:
early: Q-E-W-Q
late: max Q
max W
max R
max E
Runes:
DOMINATION - Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter
SORCERY - Absolute Focus, Gathering Storm
Bonus:
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+8 magic resist
See this build in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfIKDSPd6Iw
Build 3-Full AP Ezreal (Mid again)
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This build makes Ezreal depend on his abilities even more, but deal much more damage with W and E and R, while losing some damage on Q. This build is even better for taking down turrets-at max range, W+basic can take about ¼-⅓ of turret’s HP.
Item build
Starting items:
Doran’s Blade
x1 Health Potion
Early build:
Sheen→ Boots of Speed→ Lich Bane
Sorcerer's Shoes
Core build:
Luden’s Echo
Rabadon’s Deathcap
Void Staff
Hextech Gunblade
Ability order:
early: Q-E-W-Q
late: max Q
max W
max R
max E
Runes:
DOMINATION - Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter
SORCERY - Absolute Focus, Gathering Storm
Bonus:
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+8 magic resist
See this build in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruBQsy_y1QI
Build 4-Support Ezreal (played in Grandmaster)
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A mixed build, with sustain and lots of damage, so poking the enemy for lots of HP, then letting the ADC finish them is the best strategy. Again, with lots of AP, it is quite easy to take down turrets in a short time.
Item build
Starting items:
Spellthief’s Edge
x2 Health Potion
Early build:
Sheen→ Glaciar Shroud→ Iceborn Gauntlet
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Core build:
Shard of True Ice (Transforms from Spellthief’s Edge, no buying required)
See this build in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-23aogXQzU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSlcKTB4Ox8
Build 5-Ezreal Jungle
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No, it is no joke. Ezreal jungle was played in Challenger in NA with a very good score: 14/3/10. It is a variation of his classic build but adapted to jungling.
Item build
Starting items:
Hunter’s Machete
Refillable Potion
Early build:
Hunter’s Talisman→ Skirmisher's Sabre - Warrior
Ninja Tabi
Sheen
Core build:
Trinity Force
Blade of the Ruined King
Mortal Reminder
Guardian Angel
Ability order:
early: Q-E-Q-W
late: max Q
max E
max R
max W
Runes:
PRECISION - Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Cut Down
DOMINATION- Zombie Ward, Ravenous Hunter
Bonus:
+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor
See this build in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPL9N9Y8_S8
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