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.
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
The stats shown on this page clarify some critical Ekko versus Vi counter statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between the two. For instance, Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vi’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vi..
Ekko often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Vi. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ekko usually fairs equally well when facing off against Vi, with a 49.8% win rate. Therefore, Ekko makes an ok counter for Vi.
While Ekko does have a lower win rate than Vi, when on opposite teams, Ekko also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Ekko into Vias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Ekko also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vi. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Vi matchups, Vi is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Ekko is a somewhat poor counter for Vi. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ekko against Vi.
To learn all of the intricacies of Ekko to counter Vi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko often gets much more CS relative to Vi. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Ekko versus Vi build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Ekko used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Vi than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Ekko had an average winrate of 49.8% when playing against Vi with this counter build.
To have the best probability of crushing Vi as Ekko, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Ekko vs Vi counters, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.8% winrate overall.
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