Ekko vs Ziggs
How to Beat Ziggs as Ekko
based on 2,582 Ekko vs Ziggs matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Ziggs Matchup Summary
Best Ekko vs Ziggs Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ziggs as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Ziggs
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 Ziggs
Many of Ziggs' abilities have long cooldowns. Try catching him just after he's used his abilities.
Don't step on Ziggs' mines! They'll slow you and make it much easier for him to hit you with his other abiltiies.
Ziggs' ultimate, Mega Inferno Bomb, deals more damage in the center of the explosion.
Ekko vs Ziggs Counter Stats
How to Counter Ziggs with Ekko in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some important Ekko versus Ziggs counter stats that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ziggs’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Ziggs. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Ekko usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Ziggs. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ekko and Ziggs
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Who is Better, Ekko or Ziggs?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ekko usually wins when facing off against Ziggs, with a 53.7% win rate. As a result, Ekko makes a great counter for Ziggs.
While Ekko does have a higher win rate than Ziggs, when on opposite teams, Ekko also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Ekko into Ziggsas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Ekko also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ziggs. This 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 Ziggs 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 teammates during teamfights.
Ekko is a great counter for Ziggs. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Ekko against Ziggs.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ekko to counter Ziggs during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko usually accumulates less CS relative to Ziggs. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Ekko versus Ziggs build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Hextech Rocketbelt. When Ekko bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Ziggs than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Ekko had an average winrate of 53.7% when playing against Ziggs with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Ziggs as Ekko, Ekko players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Ekko vs Ziggs counters, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.7% winrate overall.
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