Karthus vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Karthus
based on 2,313 Karthus vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Karthus vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Karthus vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Karthus
Tips for Playing as Karthus against Ekko
Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.
Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.
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.
Karthus vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Karthus in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some strategic Karthus vs. Ekko counter statistics that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ekko’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Ekko..
Karthus normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Ekko. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Karthus and Ekko
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Who is Better, Karthus or Ekko?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Karthus usually loses when facing off against Ekko, with a 44.2% win rate. As a result, Karthus makes a poor counter to Ekko.
While Karthus does have a much lower win rate compared to Ekko, when facing one another, Karthus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Karthus into Ekkoas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Karthus also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ekko. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Karthus vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Karthus is a bad counter for Ekko. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Karthus against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Karthus in order to counter Ekko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Karthus usually gets a similar amount of CS relative to Ekko. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Karthus versus Ekko build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Shadowflame. When Karthus bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Ekko than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Karthus boasted an average winrate of 44.2% when countering Ekko with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Ekko as Karthus, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Karthus vs Ekko LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 44.2% win rate overall.
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