Ekko vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Ekko
based on 7,328 Ekko vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Ekko vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Varus
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 Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Ekko vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Ekko in LoL
The stats provided here show several significant Ekko versus Varus counter stats that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Varus..
Ekko typically has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Varus. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ekko and Varus
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Who is Better, Ekko or Varus?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ekko usually wins when taking on Varus, with a 53.2% win rate. Thus, Ekko makes a great counter for Varus.
While Ekko does have a higher winrate than Varus, when facing one another, Ekko also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Ekko into Varusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Ekko has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Varus 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 allies during late stage team fights.
Ekko is a great counter to Varus. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ekko against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Ekko to counter Varus 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 mind the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko often racks up less CS as Varus. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to use in your Ekko versus Varus build consist of Lich Bane, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Shadowflame. When Ekko incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Varus than with many other common item sets. In fact, Ekko boasted an average win rate of 53.2% when countering Varus with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Varus as Ekko, Ekko players 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. Of all the runes players used for Ekko vs Varus LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.2% winrate overall.
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