Ekko vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Ekko
based on 2,831 Ekko vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Ekko vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Xayah
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 Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Ekko vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Ekko in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several critical Ekko against Xayah matchup statistics that can help you figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xayah’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Xayah..
Ekko normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Xayah. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ekko and Xayah
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Who is Better, Ekko or Xayah?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ekko usually wins when facing off against Xayah, with a 53.0% win rate. Therefore, Ekko makes a good counter to Xayah.
While Ekko does have a higher win rate compared to Xayah, when facing one another, Ekko also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Ekko into Xayahas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Ekko has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xayah. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Xayah 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 allies during teamfights.
Ekko is a good counter for Xayah. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Ekko against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Ekko to counter Xayah during both the laning 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 mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko usually accumulates less CS relative to Xayah. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Ekko versus Xayah build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Ekko included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Xayah than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Ekko had an average win rate of 53.0% when playing against Xayah with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Xayah as Ekko, Ekko players should use 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 sets that we analyzed for Ekko vs Xayah clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.0% win rate overall.
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