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 feature several important Lillia against Ekko counter statistics that may help you grasp the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Lillia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ekko’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lillia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Ekko..
Lillia typically has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Typically, she takes more damage than Ekko. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lillia usually wins when facing off against Ekko, with a 53.8% win rate. Thus, Lillia makes a great counter to Ekko.
While Lillia does have a higher win rate compared to Ekko, when facing one another, Lillia also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Lillia into Ekkoas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Lillia has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ekko. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Lillia vs Ekko matchups, Lillia is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Lillia is a great counter for Ekko. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lillia against Ekko.
If you would like to truly master Lillia to counter Ekko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lillia on average gets less CS compared to Ekko. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well 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 situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Lillia versus Ekko build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Riftmaker, and Liandry's Torment. When Lillia incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs Ekko than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Lillia boasted an average win rate of 53.8% battling Ekko with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Ekko as Lillia, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Lillia vs Ekko battles, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.8% winrate overall.
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