Using Distortion can help your positioning to land Ethereal Chains.
You can chain Sigil of Malice and Ethereal Chains to prevent characters with blink from escaping for up to 4 seconds.
Distortion allows you to be aggressive with your other spells while being able to return to safety.
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.
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several critical LeBlanc vs. Ekko counter statistics that can help you interpret the differences between the two. As an example, LeBlanc’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ekko’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that LeBlanc may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Ekko..
LeBlanc usually has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Ekko. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, LeBlanc usually loses when playing against Ekko, with a 45.9% win rate. Thus, LeBlanc makes a bad counter for Ekko.
While LeBlanc does have a much lower winrate than Ekko, when on opposite teams, LeBlanc also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking LeBlanc into Ekkoas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, LeBlanc has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ekko. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in LeBlanc vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
LeBlanc is a bad counter to Ekko. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as LeBlanc against Ekko.
To learn all of the intricacies of LeBlanc in order to counter Ekko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
LeBlanc often racks up more CS relative to Ekko. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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 need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your LeBlanc versus Ekko build include Statikk Shiv, Rapid Firecannon, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When LeBlanc combined at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when fighting Ekko than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, LeBlanc had an average winrate of 45.9% when playing against Ekko with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Ekko as LeBlanc, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for LeBlanc vs Ekko face-offs, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Ekko as LeBlanc are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.