Leona vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Leona
based on 6,399 Leona vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Leona vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Leona vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Leona
Tips for Playing as Leona against Ekko
Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.
Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.
You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.
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.
Leona vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Leona in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some vital Leona vs. Ekko matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ekko’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Ekko. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Leona normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she takes less damage than Ekko. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Leona and Ekko
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Who is Better, Leona or Ekko?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Leona usually fairs equally well when taking on Ekko, with a 50.9% win rate. Therefore, Leona makes an ok counter to Ekko.
While Leona does have a higher winrate compared to Ekko, when facing one another, Leona also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Leona into Ekko.
Additionally, Leona has a very large 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 one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Leona vs Ekko matchups, Leona is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Leona is a decent counter to Ekko. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Leona against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Leona in order to counter Ekko during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Leona most often gets a lot less CS as Ekko. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Leona versus Ekko build include Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Leona used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better countering Ekko than with many other common builds. In fact, Leona had an average winrate of 50.9% battling Ekko with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Ekko as Leona, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Leona vs Ekko fights, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.9% winrate overall.
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