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.
Zoe's Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown.
Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Stop Zoe from hiding in fog of war to prevent her from setting the spell up.
Zoe must return to her starting point after casting Portal Jump, making her vulnerable to a counterattack.
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several critical Ekko versus Zoe matchup statistics that can help us explain the differences between the two. Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zoe’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zoe..
Ekko usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Zoe. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ekko usually wins when trying to fight Zoe, with a 54.1% win rate. Therefore, Ekko makes a great counter for Zoe.
While Ekko does have a much higher win rate than Zoe, when they face off with one another, Ekko also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Ekko into Zoeas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Ekko also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zoe. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Zoe 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 late stage team fights.
Ekko is a great counter for Zoe. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Ekko against Zoe.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ekko in order to counter Zoe during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko most often racks up a similar amount of CS as Zoe. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Ekko versus Zoe build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Ekko included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Zoe than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Ekko had an average winrate of 54.1% when countering Zoe with this build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Zoe as Ekko, you should equip 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 sets that we analyzed for Ekko vs Zoe counters, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 54.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Zoe as Ekko are presented for every ranked division. To scope the stats and builds to an individual rank, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.