TFT CODEX

Vanguard Ezreal

Also called Ezreal Fast 8 · Vanguard Fast 8

Fast 8ConsistentCarried by Ezreal

Teamfight Tactics Set 18·Patch 18.5·Ranked games, Diamond+, last 7 days·Updated 29 Oct 2026, 19:18 UTC·Difficulty Medium

No tier yet Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 188 in the last 7 days, and its numbers start at 400. All ranks shows what we measured.

S comps in Diamond+ now: Riftbeast Elder Dragon, Riftbeast Elder Dragon & Draven. Every grade: the tier list.

Final board

The board at level 8, where most of its games end, from its games at all ranks over the last 14 days. Press a level to see the board on the way.

The Night Arena: an obsidian TFT board lit in gold
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Positions are our rule by attack range, not measured. Riot's match data has no positions. Dashed levels are planned.

5Taric★
4Ezreal★★
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Deathblade
  • Last Whisper
carry
4Sentinel★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Protector's Vow
  • Warmog's Armor
4Soraka★★
  • Jeweled Gauntlet
  • Spear of Shojin
3Diana★★
3Hecarim★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Spirit Visage
2Alistarflex
2Yunaraflex

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Ezreal

How to play this

When
Nobody else in the lobby is on Ezreal.
  • #5.08 alone30% of games
  • #5.79 with one other42% of games
  • #5.83 with two or more28% of games
Others on Ezreal in the lobby, over 253 games of this patch at all ranks.
Level
Level to 8 and roll there. Its games also end at level 7 (3%). Level 8 around 4-2: about 22 rolls (44 gold) to 2-star Ezreal; about 33 if three copies of each are on other boards. model Finishes at level 8.5 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.36 across every comp; this one averages 5.56, 1.20 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
Carries

Ezreal 3★ on 0% of boards

Spear of ShojinDeathbladeLast Whisper Spear of Shojin, Deathblade, Last Whisper

Stage by stage

Stages 2 and 3 are our plan; 4 to 6 are the level its players were measured at.

Stage 2 Level 4 plan

Play Rakan, Xayah, Alistar and Hecarim.

Ezreal's items go on Hecarim until Ezreal comes in at level 7.

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Yunara and Azir.

Stage 4 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.2 when they go out in stage 4.

Add Taric, Ezreal, Sentinel, Soraka and Diana; sell Rakan, Yunara, Azir and Xayah.

53% of its games end at level 8.

Stage 5 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.3 when they go out in stage 5.

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

Its players average 8.8 when they go out in stage 6.

Add Lux.

42% of its games end at level 9.

Its games end around round 5-4 on average, with 8 gold left.

Board at every levelthe board level by level, with its traits and the options its games play

The board at every level from 4, with what each level adds and sells. From level 8 up it is measured over 545 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned.

73%853%942%103%
Lv 4planRakanXayahAlistarHecarim322Ezreal’s items on Hecarim
Lv 5planRakanXayahAlistarYunaraHecarimAddedYunara322Ezreal’s items on Yunara
Lv 6planRakanAlistarYunaraAzirHecarimXayahAddedAzir3222Ezreal’s items on Yunara
Lv 7planAlistarYunaraDianaHecarimEzrealAzirRakanAddedDianaEzrealSoldXayah333
Lv 853%TaricEzrealSentinelSorakaDianaHecarimAlistarYunaraAddedTaricSentinelSorakaSoldAzirRakan14331
Lv 942%LuxTaricEzrealSentinelSorakaDianaHecarimAlistarGnarAddedLuxGnarSoldYunara1144221

Not a reroll comp: nothing is 3-starred on even 1 board in 5.

How these rows are made

Level 8 and up are the boards this comp’s games ended on. Riot’s match data keeps only that last board, so the levels below are planned by one rule from this comp’s own units and traits and Riot’s shop odds, and marked plan — how the rule works. Hover a trait badge for what it does.

Variationswhat close versions add or leave out, and how they placed

Other boards this comp ends on, over the last 14 days. Each row is a version’s usual final board and what it plays instead of this comp’s own board at that level.

Lv 8TaricEzrealSorakaDianaHecarimAlistarEliseYunara6.28avg place104 gamesPlaysEliseInstead ofSentinel
Lv 8BramblebackEzrealSentinelSorakaDianaHecarimYunaraRakan5.65avg place55 gamesPlaysBramblebackRakanInstead ofTaricAlistar
Lv 8LuxTaricEzrealSentinelSorakaFiddlesticksHecarimRakan6.00avg place45 gamesPlaysRakanLuxFiddlesticksInstead ofDianaAlistarYunara
Augments that fitby trait and by our rule; no augment has a number of its own

What each augment grants, set against what this comp measured: the same rule the overlay uses when it reads the three on offer. A measured line is the comp’s own placement at a trait level; a line by rule is a fact about the comp, such as the damage its carry is built for.

MeasuredThe comp’s own placement at a trait’s levels, beside the augments that give the trait.

#5.46

Elderwood 5: averages 5.46 here, against 5.78 at Elderwood 3 (362 boards)

#5.40

Flora Fatalis 2: averages 5.40 here, against 5.50 at Flora Fatalis 1 (449 boards)

AD carry

By ruleSuits this carry: Ezreal is built for attack damage here (440 boards)

Baron's LairCoronationDeadlier BladesHold the LineSoul AwakeningCybernetic ImplantsEarly LearningsEmbiggenNO SCOUT NO PIVOTTons of Stats!Focused FireStand United
Works against it: Not a reroll comp (15), Wrong damage type (3)

By ruleNot a reroll comp: it 3-stars a unit in under 10% of boards, averaging level 8.44 (545)

Commerce CoreInvested+Invested++Prismatic TicketUpward MobilityCalculated LossCognitive OverloadEpic RolldownEpochEpoch+Trade SectorTrade Sector+
3 moreCrafted CraftingPatience Is A VirtueRecombobulator

By ruleWrong damage type: Ezreal is built for attack damage here (440 boards)

Deadlier CapsDark RitualSeraphim's Staff

Riot’s match-v1 data does not report which augments a player took, so no augment has a number of its own on this page or anywhere else on the site. The augment reference lists what each one grants.

Questionswhat people search for about this comp, answered from this page

What people search for about this comp, answered from the numbers on this page.

How do you play Vanguard Ezreal in TFT Set 18?

Fast 8. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.8 on average. Its games end most often at level 8 (53%).

What items does Ezreal need?

On its final board Ezreal holds Spear of Shojin, Deathblade and Last Whisper.

Is Vanguard Ezreal good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 216 games at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #5.59.

Is Vanguard Ezreal contested?

Yes, contest costs it: with nobody else on Ezreal it placed #5.08 (30% of games), with one other #5.79 (42%), with two or more #5.83 (28%), over 253 games of this patch at all ranks.

More about this compladder boards, traits, by bracket, trend, also played

Traits

Active on the final board above, with the next breakpoint the trait offers.

Emerald Aspect1Vanguard4next 6Executioner3next 4Elderwood3next 5Flora Fatalis1next 2

What each tier of this comp’s own traits was worth on its boards. The small number under each average is how many boards sat at that tier.

TraitPlacement at each tier
Elderwood35.7826655.4696
Executioner26.0518335.5219344.72109
Flora Fatalis15.5033225.40117
Vanguard26.0418045.35341

By bracket

Diamond, Master, Grandmaster and Challenger against the whole sample. Each board carries the tier of its own player where the sampler held it.

BracketGamesAvg PlaceTop 4 %Win %
Diamond+188#5.5533.0%4.3%
All ranks216#5.5931.5%4.6%

Trend

Avg Place on each of the last 7 days. The bars are scaled to the range shown, so the shape is the comparison and the figure under each bar is the day.

Also played

Families sharing at least 4 core units with this one — the same board taken a different way.

CompTierShared unitsAvg PlaceGames
Executioner Kha'Zix with Taric—5#4.9385
Elderwood Ezreal & Soraka—5#4.2869
Elderwood Kha'Zix & HecarimA4#4.4257,171
Invoker Morgana & Sentinel—4#4.527,757
Executioner Kha'Zix—4#4.92991
Vanguard Kha'Zix—4#3.91408
Vanguard Draven—4#5.23239
Coven Morgana with Brambleback—4#5.63188