How to win lane as Smolder against Ezreal · 55.87% win rate over 9,761 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Ezreal | Ezreal's Mystic Shot pokes you off CS from range at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Ezreal | At 2 his poke plus Arcane Shift safety keeps him ahead. |
| Level 3 | Ezreal | Level 3 his Q poke chunks you before you can trade back. |
| Levels 4-5 | Ezreal | Through 4-5 his safe poke keeps you behind and farming passively. |
| Level 6 | Ezreal | At 6 Trueshot pressure beats your weak low-stack ult. |
| First item | Smolder | Your first-item Q upgrade flips the DPS and out-trades his poke. |
| Two+ items | Smolder | Fully stacked, your Q and R execute out-scale his poke damage. |
Ezreal wins the opening: Mystic Shot pokes you off last-hits from range and Arcane Shift keeps him safe from punishment, so you hug the minion line to body-block his Q and only step out for CS or a W poke when his E is down.
The full Smolder vs Ezreal report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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