Ekko vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Ekko
based on 11,498 Ekko vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Ekko vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Lucian
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 Lucian
Lucian cannot change the aim of The Culling. Take advantage of this by avoiding the angle of the bullets.
Lucian has strong burst, but little sustained damage.
Piercing Light does not give Lucian extra Attack Range. He still needs to find a target in range to line up his shot. Avoid Piercing Light by anticipating the angle Lucian will choose.
Ekko vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Ekko in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some influential Ekko vs. Lucian matchup stats that can help you understand the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lucian’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Lucian..
Ekko often has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Lucian. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ekko and Lucian
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Who is Better, Ekko or Lucian?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ekko usually wins when facing off against Lucian, with a 52.1% win rate. Thus, Ekko makes a good counter for Lucian.
While Ekko does have a higher winrate compared to Lucian, when on opposite teams, Ekko also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Ekko into Lucianas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Ekko has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lucian. 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Lucian matchups, Ekko is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Ekko is a good counter to Lucian. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ekko against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ekko in order to counter Lucian 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko often gets less CS relative to Lucian. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Ekko versus Lucian build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Shadowflame. When Ekko incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Lucian than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Ekko boasted an average winrate of 52.1% when playing against Lucian with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Lucian as Ekko, Ekko players should use the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Ekko vs Lucian counters, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Lucian as Ekko are given for all ranked divisions. To narrow the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.