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How to Win Ezreal vs Illaoi Counter MatchupEzreal is in the b tier of champions

Ezreal vs Illaoi

How to Beat Illaoi as Ezreal in LoLEzreal is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Illaoi as Ezreal

based on 4,111 Ezreal vs Illaoi matchups
Win Rate
47.9 %
K/D/A
2.56
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked LoL rounds each and every week. Within our data, Ezreal faced Illaoi 4111 times. Using so many matchups for Ezreal vs Illaoi gives us faith in our capability to prepare useful data and a recommended build to crush your rival. This pairing is fairly rare. Ezreal is forced to battle against Illaoi in only 1.8% of his rounds.

Ezreal vs Illaoi Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Ezreal does a poor job of beating Illaoi. On average, he wins a lowly 47.9% of matches the champs oppose each other in. In Ezreal vs Illaoi matches, Ezreal’s side is 0.1% more likely to earn first blood, implying that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Illaoi.

Best Ezreal vs Illaoi Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Ezreal Items

~22 Mins
MuramanaTrinity ForceVoltaic Cyclosword

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinFrozen HeartSerylda's GrudgeNavori Quickblades

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ezreal to level upq
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Second ability for Ezreal to level upe
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Last skill for Ezreal to max outw

Runes

PrecisionPress the AttackPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Ezreal's passive ability p
Ezreal's q ability q
Ezreal's w ability w
Ezreal's e ability e
Ezreal's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Ezreal

Tips for Playing as Ezreal against Illaoi

Use Arcane Shift to help line up your other skill shots.

You can line up Trueshot Barrage to hit multiple minion waves or even Monsters.

You can play Ezreal either as a Attack Damage carry or Ability Power carry depending on how you build him.

Advice to Win Against Illaoi

Killing Tentacles whenever possible will make it much easier to win a fight against Illaoi.

When your spirit gets pulled out, fight back if you can. Dealing damage to Illaoi reduces the spirit's duration.

Avoid grouping up for Leap of Faith to reduce the number of Tentacles available to Illaoi.

Ezreal vs Illaoi Counter Stats

Ezreal Image
Win Rate
47.9 %
VS
Win Rate
52.1 %
Illaoi Image
6.9
< Kills >
5.3
5.5
< Deaths >
6.6
7.2
< Assists >
4.4
1.59
< Killing Sprees >
1.21
173
< Minions Killed >
195
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.61
16,632
< Physical Damage >
25,413
7,707
< Magic Damage >
896
675
< True Damage >
440
25,014
< Damage Dealt >
26,750
20,806
< Damage Taken >
36,640
12,021
< Gold Earned >
12,226
2.2
< Towers >
2.9
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
5,858
< Total Healing >
9,284
13,103
< Experience >
15,602
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
94
< Time Dealing CC >
452

How to Counter Illaoi with Ezreal in LoL

The stats shown here feature several important Ezreal versus Illaoi counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Ezreal’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Illaoi’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Ezreal may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Illaoi..

Ezreal often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Illaoi. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Ezreal and Illaoi

Damage Types Compared

Ezreal
Illaoi
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ezreal
Illaoi

Who is Better, Ezreal or Illaoi?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ezreal usually loses when taking on Illaoi, with a 47.9% win rate. Thus, Ezreal makes a bad counter for Illaoi.

While Ezreal does have a lower winrate than Illaoi, when on opposite teams, Ezreal also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Ezreal into Illaoias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Ezreal has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Illaoi. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ezreal vs Illaoi matchups, Illaoi is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Ezreal is a trash counter to Illaoi. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Ezreal against Illaoi.

Additional Information for Ezreal Players

How We Calculated Our Ezreal vs Illaoi Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Illaoi as Ezreal, we analyzed 4,111 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Illaoi as Ezreal comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ezreal to counter Illaoi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ezreal on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Illaoi. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Ezreal versus Illaoi build include Muramana, Trinity Force, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Ezreal included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Illaoi than with many other common item sets. In fact, Ezreal had an average winrate of 47.9% when countering Illaoi with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Illaoi as Ezreal, you should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Ezreal vs Illaoi battles, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.9% winrate overall.

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