Gwen vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Gwen
based on 3,844 Gwen vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Ekko
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
Advice to Win Against Ekko
The second hit of Timewinder does more damage than the first; try to avoid it.
Ekko is significantly weaker when his ultimate is down. Watch for the trail he leaves behind to determine if Chronobreak is available.
Ekko's stun zone takes 3 seconds to arm. Watch for the image he creates on cast and try to guess where the zone was placed.
Gwen vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Gwen in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several significant Gwen against Ekko matchup stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ekko’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Ekko..
Gwen normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Ekko. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gwen and Ekko
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Who is Better, Gwen or Ekko?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gwen usually loses when trying to fight Ekko, with a 46.2% win rate. As a result, Gwen makes a bad counter for Ekko.
While Gwen does have a lower winrate compared to Ekko, when on opposite teams, Gwen also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champion to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Gwen into Ekko.
Moreover, Gwen also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ekko. This 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 overall in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Gwen is a garbage counter to Ekko. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Gwen against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Gwen in order to counter Ekko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen on average gets more CS compared to Ekko. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Gwen versus Ekko build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Cosmic Drive, and Riftmaker. When Gwen included at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better vs. Ekko than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Gwen boasted an average win rate of 46.2% when playing against Ekko with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Ekko as Gwen, you should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Gwen vs Ekko counters, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.2% win rate overall.
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