Ekko vs Taric
How to Beat Taric as Ekko
based on 1,822 Ekko vs Taric matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Taric Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Taric as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Taric
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 Taric
Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.
Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.
Ekko vs Taric Counter Stats
How to Counter Taric with Ekko in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some vital Ekko versus Taric counter statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between these two champs. For instance, Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Taric’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Taric. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Ekko often has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Taric. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ekko and Taric
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Who is Better, Ekko or Taric?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ekko usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Taric, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Ekko makes an ok counter for Taric.
While Ekko does have a higher win rate compared to Taric, when they face off with one another, Ekko also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Ekko into Taricas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Ekko also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taric. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Taric matchups, Ekko is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Ekko is a decent counter to Taric. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ekko against Taric.
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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 Taric during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko most often picks up more CS relative to Taric. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to use in your Ekko versus Taric build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Hextech Rocketbelt. When Ekko incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Taric than with many other typical builds. In fact, Ekko boasted an average winrate of 50.7% when countering Taric with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Taric as Ekko, you should take the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Future's Market runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Ekko vs Taric battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.7% winrate overall.
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