This is a very fun way to play Ezreal, I only reccomend playing around with this in blind normals. I've been having very good success with this build, I may try it in ranked soon if my success continues.

Start boots+3. Max R>Q>E>W.

You will counter most top lanes heavily in early levels. Use your range to your advantage to deny them CS for as long as possible. Get E at level 2, it's a great escape/gap closer.

Masteries- 0/21/9 (take mp5 and mana from utility, and armor/mr/tenacity/hp from defensive.

Build order- boots+3, tear, sheen, catalyst, DEFENSIVE (either chain mail or negatron depending on matchup), finish first major defensive item (either glacial shroud or banshee's veil), upgrade boots (I like merc treads or Ionian), build Vamp Sceptre to be turned into bloodthirster late game, finish second defensive item (shroud or veil, whichever you didn't build first), Manamune, *Situational*

End game build 1- (2920 mana, 185 armor, 110 MR, 2165 HP, 262 AD)
Boots of choice, Muramana, Iceborn Gauntlet, Banshee's Veil, Bloodthirster, Guardian Angel


End game build 2- (3070 mana, 165 armor, 80 MR, 2415 HP, 292 AD)
Boots of choice, Muramana, Frozen Heart, Banshee's Veil, Trinity Force, Bloodthirster.

You wind up being super tanky with a great escape skill, global ult, sustain, and still able to deal huge damage with the muramana toggle.


Build 1 Q damage (full mana, toggle on) : 115+262+8+(175.2)+[126] = 686 dmg

Build 2 Q damage (full mana, toggle on) : 115+292+6+(184.2)+[151] = 748 dmg

They should just rename it to League of Ezreal. Hes already in every ****ing game, in every ****ing map, and is the best ADC...especially after they BUFFED him and nerfed Corki and Graves.

Now you got people wanting to play him AP Mid (which would probably work out fine), and now Solo Top (which would ALSO probably work out just fine...like a good version of Kennen).


Just give everyone multiple picks and you can have 5 Ezreals on each team. Can't wait to see Support Ez and Jungler Ez... /sigh


Back to topic...any reason why you build Ez so tanky? Like you said, he already counters the **** out of most solo tops and his free Flash/attack makes him extremely difficult to pin down and nearly gankproof.

He really is like a super Kennen... cept he doesn't have to run into the entire enemy team to do actual damage...

How come Manamune? Its even worse than before and OP Ez doesn't have a lot of mana issues, esp if not spamming W/E. Just autoattacks alone will make their life miserable, with a Blink/Q/W if they Gapclose on you while /lol ing.

I'd recommend the usual boots+3 just to stay really mobile, pile up 2 or 3 Dorans Blades which will make you tankier, add a bit of sustain, and greatly increase your Q and autoattack dmg.
[edit: maybe just 1 dorans due to no more lifesteal and unique passive]
Maybe a faery/philo stone for a bit extra sustain, and if you are taking any damage, the appropriate counter item (chain vs Gangplank/Panth or other odd AD with poke), and Negatron vs a Ryze/Kennen/whoever.

Like you said, you can turn the counteritem into whatever, but I wouldnt rush it. Instead get the BFSword to Bloodthirster to press your advantage.

Thanks for your insight, Warrrrax. You always have very insightful and informative comments, and I appreciate the constructive criticism.

Alot of people tell me I shouldn't build manamune, but even with the early tear/sheen I run oom pretty consistently. His E is pretty mana intensive early-mid game, and you'll be forced to use it alot if you're against a top lane with a reliable gap closer.

I have some replays recorded of me winning lane against Jax and Olaf, looking around for the best way to upload them from LoLReplay.

I think manamune fits into my playstyle extremely well, and the early tear/sheen gives me pretty impressive harass potential (especially when it's working as intended and the enemy gets behind). The damage potential from Muramana is huge, especially when combined with Banshee's and Iceborn Gauntlet.

I actually made a more elaborate post explaining some of my decisions here (extra math!)--
http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/....php?t=2872987

Most of the time I see jax, olaf, riven, irelia, etc. up top, and I have to grab chain mail as soon as I finish the tear and sheen combo. People just aren't expecting a 0/21/9 ezreal who builds tanky, and I draw a lot of focus (both in ganks and team fights).

Oh and also-- have you tried Iceborn Gauntlet on Ezreal yet? 35% aoe slow (and damage) for 3 seconds on every Q. It's my new favorite thing.