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Caitlyn & Leona vs Ezreal & Vel'Koz

Bot Lane Matchup

Caitlyn vs Ezreal (with Leona & Vel'Koz) BOT matchup tips: who wins, how to trade, wave control and common mistakes.

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Who Wins

Pre-6, you win this lane — your range advantage over both Ezreal and Vel'Koz lets you auto-attack freely, and Leona's level 2 spike (E+Q) can punish any aggressive positioning from either opponent before they can respond.
Post-6, Vel'Koz's R and Ezreal's R give them poke and burst potential that can threaten you if you're low, so you need to maintain your health lead from early.

Your best trading pattern is to place traps (E) at chokepoints to force Vel'Koz and Ezreal to play around them, then auto-attack from max range whenever they step forward to CS — Leona's threat of engage keeps them from walking up freely.
When Leona engages, immediately follow with your headshot passive proc and Q for maximum burst on the locked-down target.

Slow-push the wave to build a large minion wave, then crash it under their tower — this forces Ezreal and Vel'Koz to choose between taking damage or losing CS, and it creates roam windows for Leona.
Avoid letting the wave bounce back to them cleanly, as a neutral wave gives Vel'Koz safe poke range and Ezreal free Q farming.

Do not overextend to chase Ezreal when he uses E to disengage — his E resets on kills and he can bait you into Vel'Koz's W+Q combo while retreating.
Respecting his escape tool and letting him come to you is more effective than chasing a target designed to kite.

Created on 07/31/2026

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