# Ezreal Counters Who counters Ezreal? Best and worst picks against Ezreal by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Ezreal in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/ezreal/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/ezreal/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Ezreal](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ezreal/) ## Page Content [Ezreal guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ezreal/) [Play against Ezreal](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ezreal/how-to-play-against/) [Ezreal counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ezreal/counters/) Best and worst picks against Ezreal in Bot at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Kalista, Kog'Maw and Swain beat Ezreal most often. Mel, Draven and Yasuo win the laning phase against Ezreal by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Ezreal Highest win rate versus Ezreal in Bot. - 1 [Kalista](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kalista/) 1,186 games 57.7% - 2 [Kog'Maw](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kogmaw/) 689 games 57.6% - 3 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 377 games 57.3% - 4 [Sivir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sivir/) 1,657 games 56.1% - 5 [Samira](https://baronbuff.com/champions/samira/) 1,394 games 55.9% - 6 [Jinx](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jinx/) 5,554 games 55.5% - 7 [Smolder](https://baronbuff.com/champions/smolder/) 2,066 games 55.4% - 8 [Seraphine](https://baronbuff.com/champions/seraphine/) 1,995 games 54.8% - 9 [Kai'Sa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kaisa/) 8,723 games 54.4% - 10 [Tristana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/) 3,747 games 54.0% - 11 [Twitch](https://baronbuff.com/champions/twitch/) 1,580 games 53.9% - 12 [Zeri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zeri/) 1,202 games 53.9% - 13 [Lucian](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lucian/) 3,391 games 53.9% - 14 [Senna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/senna/) 1,997 games 53.8% - 15 [Jhin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jhin/) 7,211 games 53.7% ## Worst picks against Ezreal Lowest win rate versus Ezreal in Bot. No data yet for this role and rank. ## Best lane counters vs Ezreal Largest gold lead over Ezreal at 15 minutes in Bot. - 1 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 184 games +658 - 2 [Draven](https://baronbuff.com/champions/draven/) 457 games +506 - 3 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 211 games +328 - 4 [Kalista](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kalista/) 297 games +317 - 5 [Samira](https://baronbuff.com/champions/samira/) 833 games +269 - 6 [Jhin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jhin/) 3,329 games +216 - 7 [Varus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/varus/) 740 games +188 - 8 [Lucian](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lucian/) 1,289 games +136 - 9 [Miss Fortune](https://baronbuff.com/champions/missfortune/) 2,170 games +74 - 10 [Zeri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zeri/) 345 games +57 - 11 [Caitlyn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/caitlyn/) 3,818 games +48 - 12 [Ziggs](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ziggs/) 355 games +47 - 13 [Sivir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sivir/) 843 games +43 - 14 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 211 games +39 - 15 [Tristana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/) 974 games +13 ## How to play against Ezreal Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Crash recall timings before his first major buy so he cannot hold lane with Q safely. - Force E with movement or light pressure before committing crowd control. - Walk at him before using key engage tools; make E go down first. - Fight around minions or terrain that blocks Q so his poke cannot start the skirmish. - Save chase tools until after E, then collapse from two angles. ## Where Ezreal is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Ezreal's damage depends on repeated skillshots, so minion cover and forced movement sharply reduce his pressure. - Ezreal's blink is both safety and repositioning; once forced defensively, he becomes catchable by layered engage. ## Ezreal counters: questions ### Who counters Ezreal in Bot? At Gold+, Kalista (57.7%), Kog'Maw (57.6%) and Swain (57.3%) have the highest win rates against Ezreal. ### Who wins lane against Ezreal? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Mel (+658), Draven (+506) and Yasuo (+328) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Ezreal. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Bot Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/adc/) - [Mel counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/counters/) - [Draven counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/draven/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)