Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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 here emphasize some important Lee Sin versus Ekko matchup stats that may help us figure out the differences between the pair. For instance, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ekko’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Ekko..
Lee Sin typically has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Ekko. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when facing off against Ekko, with a 47.2% win rate. Thus, Lee Sin makes a bad counter for Ekko.
While Lee Sin does have a lower winrate compared to Ekko, when on opposite teams, Lee Sin also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Lee Sin into Ekko.
Moreover, Lee Sin also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ekko. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Lee Sin is a terribly counter for Ekko. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lee Sin against Ekko.
If you would like to truly master Lee Sin in order to counter Ekko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin typically gets less CS relative to Ekko. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Lee Sin versus Ekko build include Sterak's Gage, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Lee Sin used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Ekko than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Lee Sin had an average winrate of 47.2% battling Ekko with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating Ekko as Lee Sin, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Lee Sin vs Ekko counters, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.2% win rate overall.
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