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.
Be careful when fighting Ivern alone if he has Daisy ready to help!
Ivern's brush has a long duration. Watch out for ambushes!
Ivern can be deceptively slippery. Be careful chasing him too far.
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several critical Ekko against Ivern matchup stats that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ivern’s ratio of NaN, showing that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ivern. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Ekko usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Ivern. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
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 trying to fight Ivern, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Ekko makes an ok counter to Ivern.
While Ekko does have a lower winrate than Ivern, when on opposite teams, Ekko also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ekko into Ivernas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Ekko also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ivern. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Ivern matchups, Ivern is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Ekko is a somewhat poor counter for Ivern. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Ekko against Ivern.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ekko in order to counter Ivern during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko most often racks up much more CS relative to Ivern. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Ekko versus Ivern build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Ekko used at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Ivern than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Ekko boasted an average winrate of 49.5% battling Ivern with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Ivern as Ekko, Ekko players should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Future's Market runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Ekko vs Ivern clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Ivern as Ekko are given for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a specific rank, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.