League-of-legends – How to survive in lane against Ezreal

It is very hard to create a solution to this problem 100% of the time, but there are some tips I can give.

1. For your scenario specifically if you find that you aren't able to farm to well then consider some mana regen seals so you can make better use of your abilities to last hit those minions.

2. Early laning is all about holding your tower over everything else. If you can't effectivley harass your oponent then don't. Let him come to you and ask for a gank. If the issue is that he is farming to well then he most likely pretty over-extended asking to be ganked. However, holding your tower in good standing and making sure you don't get underleveled are more important than harassing the enemy. You will have all game to outplay him, let him have his early game glory.

3. Consider who is going to be in what lane when you are chosing your lanes. A lot of champions can sustain better than Ryze against Brand, but in general Brand will always be a pain early game. Cait, Akali and even if you're feeling daring Morde in mid are good counters to Brands mid game.

4. Also instead of putting your focus in harassing Brand put your focus on avoiding his harassing. Last hit minions as best as you can and keep your movements frequent and sporadic. A lot of Brands moves are skillshots and are very easy to avoid.

You could take the game to them and be aggressive. A nice combo that I like to use is dash (into them to taunt them) -> vaporal blade -> shield -> auto-attack until vaporal blade goes out, and than back up into safety. It's kind of what you are already doing with Riven. Ranged champs are squishy, and this way you can burst enough damage to them to make them think twice before coming within your range next time. It is also very nice because you can get into their face from a distance (considering Shen is a melee champion, this is a very useful). Whenever you see them coming close to you, punish them with this combo. You just need to make sure you have enough energy to cast all three skills, and not initiate if you see you don't have enough.

If you see that they are still stronger than you, and that you still receive more damage than you deal to them, and if they're playing aggressively then just hug your tower and last hit (help yourself in this using vaporal blade). When they are in range of the tower, taunt them with dash so tower starts attacking them.

Also make sure to regain your hp with vaporal blade whenever you can (without sacrificing more hp), and a good thing is also to start with doran's shield.