Sivir vs Ezreal Counter Pick

With 6,140 recorded games on patch 16.13.1, this is one of the most dependably measured marksman matchups in the game, and Sivir wins 54.3% of them. A sample this large leaves little room for doubt: her advantage is genuine, and it stems from Spell Shield running into a champion whose whole kit relies on skillshots.

Mystic Shot drives Ezreal’s whole rotation, because every hit resets the cooldown on each of his abilities. When Sivir blocks it, he loses tempo along with the damage. Essence Flux needs to land before it explodes, Arcane Shift goes after whichever target Essence Flux has tagged, and Trueshot Barrage has a long wind-up. Sivir can negate each of these with a single cast, and she comes out ahead by gaining health and a short burst of movement speed.

The base stats point the same direction. Both champions begin with 600 health and 60 attack damage, yet Sivir’s movement speed of 335 beats Ezreal’s 325, and she ends at 2,368 health compared with his 2,334. Her bouncing Ricochet attacks clear minion waves more quickly than Ezreal can manage without spending mana on Q. His 550 range, compared with her 500, is the one advantage he holds, and Rising Spell Force pays him off for landing the very spells Sivir is built to shut down. Difficulty ratings of 7 for Ezreal and 4 for Sivir reflect how much more has to go right for him in practice. See Sivir and Ezreal.