Irelia vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Irelia
based on 4,929 Irelia vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Ekko
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
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.
Irelia vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Irelia in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some strategic Irelia vs. Ekko counter statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ekko’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Ekko..
Irelia typically has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Ekko. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Irelia and Ekko
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Who is Better, Irelia or Ekko?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Irelia usually fairs equally well when taking on Ekko, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, Irelia makes an ok counter to Ekko.
While Irelia does have a lower win rate compared to Ekko, when they face off with one another, Irelia also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Irelia into Ekko.
Additionally, Irelia also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ekko. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Irelia is a somewhat poor counter for Ekko. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Irelia against Ekko.
Other Champion Matchups Against Irelia
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Irelia to counter Ekko during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia typically picks up more CS relative to Ekko. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Irelia versus Ekko build consist of Guardian Angel, Wit's End, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Irelia incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better versus Ekko than with many other common builds. In fact, Irelia had an average win rate of 49.1% when playing against Ekko with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of defeating Ekko as Irelia, Irelia players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Irelia vs Ekko face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.1% winrate overall.
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