Ahri vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Ahri
based on 5,169 Ahri vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ahri vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Ahri vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Ahri
Tips for Playing as Ahri against Ekko
Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.
Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.
Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.
Advice to Win Against Ekko
The second hit of Timewinder does more damage than the first; try to avoid it.
Ekko is significantly weaker when his ultimate is down. Watch for the trail he leaves behind to determine if Chronobreak is available.
Ekko's stun zone takes 3 seconds to arm. Watch for the image he creates on cast and try to guess where the zone was placed.
Ahri vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Ahri in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some vital Ahri against Ekko matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Ahri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ekko’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Ahri may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Ekko..
Ahri typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives less damage than Ekko. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ahri and Ekko
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Who is Better, Ahri or Ekko?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ahri usually loses when trying to fight Ekko, with a 47.2% win rate. Thus, Ahri makes a poor counter for Ekko.
While Ahri does have a lower win rate than Ekko, when on opposite teams, Ahri also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Ahri into Ekko.
Moreover, Ahri has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ekko. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ahri vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Ahri is a bad counter for Ekko. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Ahri against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Ahri in order to counter Ekko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ahri usually accumulates more CS as Ekko. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Ahri versus Ekko build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Stormsurge. When Ahri used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Ekko than with many other common item sets. In fact, Ahri boasted an average winrate of 47.2% when countering Ekko with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Ekko as Ahri, Ahri players should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Ahri vs Ekko counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.2% winrate overall.
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