Akali vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Akali
based on 10,873 Akali vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Ekko
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
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.
Akali vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Akali in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several valuable Akali vs. Ekko matchup stats that may help you explain the distinctions between the pair. Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ekko’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Ekko..
Akali often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Ekko. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akali and Ekko
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Who is Better, Akali or Ekko?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akali usually fairs equally well when playing against Ekko, with a 49.2% win rate. Therefore, Akali makes an ok counter for Ekko.
While Akali does have a lower win rate than Ekko, when on opposite teams, Akali also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Akali into Ekkoas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Akali has only a small 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 in League of Legends, in Akali vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Akali is a somewhat poor counter to Ekko. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Akali against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akali to counter Ekko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali on average picks up more CS compared to Ekko. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Akali versus Ekko build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Akali incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better against Ekko than with many other common item sets. In fact, Akali had an average winrate of 49.2% battling Ekko with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Ekko as Akali, Akali players should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Akali vs Ekko face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.2% win rate overall.
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