Lux vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Lux
based on 17,915 Lux vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Ekko
If you have trouble landing Prismatic Barrier, remember that it returns to you after it reaches max range. Try positioning yourself to hit your allies with its return trip.
Lux has great zone control abilities. Try to set up Lucent Singularity to prevent an enemy's advance or escape.
Lucent Singularity is a great scouting tool. Try throwing it into brush before walking into it to check for ambushes.
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.
Lux vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Lux in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some vital Lux vs. Ekko matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ekko’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Ekko. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Lux often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Ekko. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lux and Ekko
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Who is Better, Lux or Ekko?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lux usually loses when facing off against Ekko, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Lux makes a poor counter for Ekko.
While Lux does have a lower winrate than Ekko, when facing one another, Lux also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Lux into Ekko.
Furthermore, Lux also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ekko. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Lux 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 team members during late stage team fights.
Lux is a somewhat poor counter for Ekko. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lux against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lux in order 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Ekko. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Lux versus Ekko build consist of Malignance, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Lux used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better versus Ekko than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Lux boasted an average winrate of 48.7% when countering Ekko with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Ekko as Lux, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Lux vs Ekko counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.7% win rate overall.
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