Ekko vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Ekko
based on 4,929 Ekko vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Irelia Matchup Summary
Best Ekko vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Irelia
Chronobreak is a potent escape tool, but it can also be quite powerful when used offensively. Don't underestimate its damage potential.
If you can proc Z-Drive Resonance on an enemy champion, it's worth taking risks to do so. The bonus Move Speed makes it easy to escape.
Phase Dive's dash is a great tool for setting up Ekko's other abilities. Use it to get double hits with Timewinder or get into position to detonate Parallel Convergence.
Advice to Win Against Irelia
Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.
Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.
Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.
Ekko vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Ekko in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some significant Ekko vs. Irelia counter stats that can help us realize the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Irelia..
Ekko often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Irelia. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ekko and Irelia
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Who is Better, Ekko or Irelia?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ekko usually fairs equally well when playing against Irelia, with a 50.9% win rate. Therefore, Ekko makes an ok counter to Irelia.
While Ekko does have a higher winrate than Irelia, when they face off with one another, Ekko also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Ekko into Ireliaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Ekko also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Irelia. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Irelia matchups, Ekko is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Ekko is a decent counter to Irelia. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Ekko against Irelia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ekko in order to counter Irelia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko often racks up less CS relative to Irelia. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Ekko versus Irelia build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Ekko combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Irelia than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Ekko had an average win rate of 50.9% battling Irelia with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of beating Irelia as Ekko, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Ekko vs Irelia matchups, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.9% winrate overall.
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