Ekko vs Karma
How to Beat Karma as Ekko
based on 4,946 Ekko vs Karma matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Karma Matchup Summary
Best Ekko vs Karma Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karma as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Karma
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 Karma
Focused Resolve is a strong disengage tool. Create distance to avoid being rooted and seek to engage afterwards.
Karma's Soulflare erupts for bonus damage in the area in which it's placed. React quickly and escape the circle to avoid taking heavy damage.
Karma's passive lowers her Mantra cooldown when she hits enemy champions with abilities and basic attacks. Deny her from getting free hits on you.
Ekko vs Karma Counter Stats
How to Counter Karma with Ekko in LoL
The stats shown here show several significant Ekko against Karma counter statistics that can help you figure out the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Karma’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Karma. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Ekko normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Karma. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ekko and Karma
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Who is Better, Ekko or Karma?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ekko usually wins when trying to fight Karma, with a 52.4% win rate. Therefore, Ekko makes a good counter to Karma.
While Ekko does have a higher win rate compared to Karma, when on opposite teams, Ekko also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Ekko into Karmaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Ekko also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Karma. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Karma matchups, Ekko is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Ekko is a good counter for Karma. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Ekko against Karma.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Ekko to counter Karma during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko most often racks up more CS relative to Karma. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Ekko versus Karma build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Ekko included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs. Karma than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Ekko had an average win rate of 52.4% when playing against Karma with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Karma as Ekko, Ekko players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Ekko vs Karma counters, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.4% win rate overall.
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