ADC Matchup

Lucian vs Ezreal

Patch: 15.18 (25.18)
League: Platinum+
Lucian

Lucian

the Purifier
ADC
Lucian ADC Overall Win Rate
50.12%

Matchup Win Rate

52.5%
Lucian vs Ezreal Wins
47.5%
Ezreal vs Lucian Wins
Ezreal

Ezreal

the Prodigal Explorer
ADC
Ezreal ADC Overall Win Rate
47.54%

Lucian vs Ezreal - ADC Matchup Guide Patch 15.18 (25.18)

Lucian ADC vs Ezreal ADC - Who is stronger?

Lucian ADC has an advantage against Ezreal (52.5% win rate) based on 4682 games. The matchup leans toward Lucian.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Lucian ADC vs Ezreal ADC in patch 15.18 (25.18), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 72.9% in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

Current meta showdown: Lucian (10.8% pick rate, 6th most popular out of 32 ADC champions) versus Ezreal (10.4%, 7th place). These two bot lane titans clash constantly, making matchup mastery a decisive factor in your climb. Meta strength confirmed: Lucian's superior tier rating (A vs C) translates into a solid 52.5% matchup win rate. This performance explains why Lucian ranks 18th in win rate among ADC champions. Optimize for consistency: Press the Attack paired with Presence of Mind (56.3% win rate, 87.6% popularity) provides the stats you need, while the item sequence Essence Reaver > Navori Flickerblade > Black Cleaver with Ionian Boots of Lucidity delivers 72.9% win rate against Ezreal.

Win through macro: Lucian takes the matchup (52.50%) despite falling behind in CS (7.07 vs 7.12/min). Your victories come through roaming, team fighting, and map pressure rather than 1v1 lane dominance. Complete superiority: Lucian dominates both win rate (52.5%) and damage output (932 vs 789/min, 2nd among ADC). The 143 damage/min difference creates massive snowball potential. Skill-based matchup: Identical KDA (2.40) with 52.5% win rate indicates that macro play, team coordination, and clutch moments determine outcomes more than individual mechanics.

Lucian vs Ezreal - ADC Stats Comparison

Lucian ADC
Lucian ADC
Versus
Ezreal ADC
Ezreal ADC
ATierC
52.5%Matchup Winrate47.5%
50.12%Role Winrate47.54%
#18Winrate Rank#30
10.8%Pickrate10.4%
2.4Average KDA2.4
461Gold per Minute441
7.07CS/Min7.12
0.28Wards per Minute0.31
932Damage per Minute789

How to Beat Ezreal as Lucian (ADC)

The Lucian versus Ezreal matchup as ADC is favorable with proper positioning. Use your statistical advantage and prevent the opponent from realizing their potential.

Except for rare builds, Lucian deals physical damage. Focus on eliminating enemy carries. Ezreal has mixed damage, be careful as it may be harder to defend if the opponent gets ahead or plays aggressively.

Consider the farming superiority demonstrated by Ezreal, ranking 13th (versus 15th for Lucian) in farming efficiency among champions in this role. This means the opponent can build gold advantages more quickly.

Key aspects of the Lucian ADC versus Ezreal ADC matchup

Despite the statistical advantage in the matchup, overconfidence can be the main mistake. It is important for the Lucian player to maintain constant pressure on Ezreal, not allowing the opponent to safely scale up, and actively use the advantage gained to help their team.

Lucian vs Ezreal: ADC Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Barrier
Barrier Gain a brief Shield.
54.3% Win Rate89.8% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Exhaust
Exhaust Slows target enemy champion and reduces their damage dealt.
Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
62.2% Win Rate1.5% Pick Rate

Lucian vs Ezreal: ADC Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Precision
Press the Attack
Press the Attack Hitting an enemy champion with 3 consecutive basic attacks deals 40 - 160 bonus adaptive damage (based on level) and amplifies your damage dealt by 8% until you leave combat with champions.

Press the Attack

Hitting an enemy champion with 3 consecutive basic attacks deals 40 - 160 bonus adaptive …

Presence of Mind
Presence of Mind Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.

Takedowns restore 15% of your maximum mana or energy.

Cooldown for damage restoration: 8s

Presence of Mind

Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.Take…

Legend: Bloodline
Legend: Bloodline Gain 0.35% Life Steal for every Legend stack (max 15 stacks). At maximum Legend stacks, gain 85 max health.

Earn progress toward Legend stacks for every champion takedown, epic monster takedown, large monster kill, and minion kill.

Legend: Bloodline

Gain 0.35% Life Steal for every Legend stack (max 15 stacks). At maximum Legend…

Coup de Grace
Coup de Grace Deal 8% more damage to champions who have less than 40% health.

Coup de Grace

Deal 8% more damage to champions who have less than 40% health.

Secondary Path
Inspiration
Magical Footwear
Magical Footwear You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots before then. For each takedown you acquire the boots 45s sooner.

Slightly Magical Footwear grants you an additional 10 Move Speed.

Magical Footwear

You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots befo…

Biscuit Delivery
Biscuit Delivery Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until 6 min.

Biscuits restore 12% of your missing health. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health by 30.

Biscuit Delivery

Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until …

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

56.3% Win Rate87.6% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Precision
Press the Attack
Press the Attack Hitting an enemy champion with 3 consecutive basic attacks deals 40 - 160 bonus adaptive damage (based on level) and amplifies your damage dealt by 8% until you leave combat with champions.

Press the Attack

Hitting an enemy champion with 3 consecutive basic attacks deals 40 - 160 bonus adaptive …

Presence of Mind
Presence of Mind Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.

Takedowns restore 15% of your maximum mana or energy.

Cooldown for damage restoration: 8s

Presence of Mind

Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.Take…

Legend: Bloodline
Legend: Bloodline Gain 0.35% Life Steal for every Legend stack (max 15 stacks). At maximum Legend stacks, gain 85 max health.

Earn progress toward Legend stacks for every champion takedown, epic monster takedown, large monster kill, and minion kill.

Legend: Bloodline

Gain 0.35% Life Steal for every Legend stack (max 15 stacks). At maximum Legend…

Coup de Grace
Coup de Grace Deal 8% more damage to champions who have less than 40% health.

Coup de Grace

Deal 8% more damage to champions who have less than 40% health.

Secondary Path
Inspiration
Magical Footwear
Magical Footwear You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots before then. For each takedown you acquire the boots 45s sooner.

Slightly Magical Footwear grants you an additional 10 Move Speed.

Magical Footwear

You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots befo…

Biscuit Delivery
Biscuit Delivery Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until 6 min.

Biscuits restore 12% of your missing health. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health by 30.

Biscuit Delivery

Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until …

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

56.3% Win Rate87.6% Pick Rate

Lucian vs Ezreal: ADC Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade (450 gold) 10 Attack Damage
80 Health
3% Life Steal

Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
53.8% Win Rate99.1% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed

Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
55.2% Win Rate43.9% Pick Rate
Berserker's Greaves
Berserker's Greaves (1100 gold) 25% Attack Speed
45 Move Speed

53.3% Win Rate23.0% Pick Rate
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed

Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
54.8% Win Rate15.0% Pick Rate
Core Build
Pickaxe
Pickaxe (875 gold) 25 Attack Damage
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Essence Reaver
Essence Reaver (2900 gold) 60 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
25% Critical Strike Chance

Essence Drain
Attacks grant ManaOn-Hit.
Infinity Edge
Infinity Edge (3450 gold) 65 Attack Damage
25% Critical Strike Chance
40% Critical Strike Damage

Navori Flickerblade
Navori Flickerblade (2650 gold) 40% Attack Speed
25% Critical Strike Chance
4% Move Speed

Transcendence
Attacks reduce Basic Ability cooldowns by 15% of their remaining cooldown.
65.3% Win Rate16.5% Pick Rate
Final Build
Guardian Angel
Guardian Angel (3200 gold) 55 Attack Damage
45 Armor

Rebirth
Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% base Health and 100% max Mana after 4 seconds of Stasis.
61.1% Win Rate25.4% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Long Sword
Long Sword (350 gold) 10 Attack Damage
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
59.9% Win Rate0.3% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity

64.2% Win Rate5.4% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
57.2% Win Rate0.6% Pick Rate
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed

Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
55.2% Win Rate43.9% Pick Rate
Core Build
Pickaxe
Pickaxe (875 gold) 25 Attack Damage
->
Essence Reaver
Essence Reaver (2900 gold) 60 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
25% Critical Strike Chance

Essence Drain
Attacks grant ManaOn-Hit.
Navori Flickerblade
Navori Flickerblade (2650 gold) 40% Attack Speed
25% Critical Strike Chance
4% Move Speed

Transcendence
Attacks reduce Basic Ability cooldowns by 15% of their remaining cooldown.
Black Cleaver
Black Cleaver (3000 gold) 40 Attack Damage
400 Health
20 Ability Haste

Carve
Dealing physical damage to champions reduces their Armor by 6% for 6 seconds. (stacks 5 times).
Fervor
Dealing physical damage grants 20 Move Speed for 2 seconds.
72.9% Win Rate1.7% Pick Rate
Final Build
Mortal Reminder
Mortal Reminder (3300 gold) 35 Attack Damage
35% Armor Penetration
25% Critical Strike Chance

Grievous Wounds
Dealing physical damage applies 40% Wounds to enemy champions for 3 seconds.
73.0% Win Rate6.0% Pick Rate
Other Items
Bloodthirster
Bloodthirster (3400 gold) 80 Attack Damage
15% Life Steal

Ichorshield
Convert excess healing from your Lifesteal to a Shield.
70.1% Win Rate22.8% Pick Rate
Lord Dominik's Regards
Lord Dominik's Regards (3100 gold) 35 Attack Damage
40% Armor Penetration
25% Critical Strike Chance

57.4% Win Rate8.3% Pick Rate
Rapid Firecannon
Rapid Firecannon (2650 gold) 35% Attack Speed
25% Critical Strike Chance
4% Move Speed

Sharpshooter
Your Energized Attack deals 40 bonus magic damage and gains 35% bonus Attack Range.
62.6% Win Rate6.4% Pick Rate
Mortal Reminder
Mortal Reminder (3300 gold) 35 Attack Damage
35% Armor Penetration
25% Critical Strike Chance

Grievous Wounds
Dealing physical damage applies 40% Wounds to enemy champions for 3 seconds.
73.0% Win Rate6.0% Pick Rate
Mercurial Scimitar
Mercurial Scimitar (3200 gold) 40 Attack Damage
40 Magic Resist
10% Life Steal


ACTIVE
Quicksilver
Removes all crowd control debuffs (excluding Airborne) and grants Move Speed.
43.7% Win Rate5.5% Pick Rate
Maw of Malmortius
Maw of Malmortius (3100 gold) 60 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
40 Magic Resist

Lifeline
Taking magic damage that would reduce your Health below 30% grants a magic damage Shield for 3 seconds and 10% Omnivamp until end of combat.
56.4% Win Rate4.9% Pick Rate
Immortal Shieldbow
Immortal Shieldbow (3000 gold) 55 Attack Damage
25% Critical Strike Chance

Lifeline
Taking damage that would reduce your Health below 30% grants a Shield for 3 seconds.
58.4% Win Rate4.2% Pick Rate

Lucian vs Ezreal: ADC Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Piercing Light Lucian shoots a bolt of piercing light through a target.
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W
W
Ardent Blaze Lucian shoots a missile that explodes in a star shape, marking and briefly revealing enemies. Lucian gains Move Speed for attacking marked enemies.
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Relentless Pursuit Lucian quickly dashes a short distance. Lightslinger attacks reduce Relentless Pursuit's cooldown.
E
E
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E
R
R
The Culling Lucian unleashes a torrent of shots from his weapons.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > E > W
51.6% Win Rate68.3% Pick Rate

Highest Win % Skill Order

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Piercing Light Lucian shoots a bolt of piercing light through a target.
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Ardent Blaze Lucian shoots a missile that explodes in a star shape, marking and briefly revealing enemies. Lucian gains Move Speed for attacking marked enemies.
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Relentless Pursuit Lucian quickly dashes a short distance. Lightslinger attacks reduce Relentless Pursuit's cooldown.
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The Culling Lucian unleashes a torrent of shots from his weapons.
R
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Max Order: Q > E > W
59.6% Win Rate0.7% Pick Rate

Lucian tips:

  • For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
  • Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
  • Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
  • Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.

Playing Against Ezreal

  • Ezreal is a very fragile champion so take the fight to him.
  • Ezreal is completely skill shot based, so make sure to keep minions in between you.
  • Mystic Shot applies on-hit effects including the Crest of Cinders.