Mortal Will activates after 5 spells or basic attacks - plan your way through fights to allow you to activate it more than once.
Whittle the enemy down with Comet Spears before you jump in.
If an enemy is going to get out of range of your Aegis Assault, you can recast the spell to immediately fire the shield slam.
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 stats shown on this page highlight several critical Pantheon versus Ekko counter statistics that may help you appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Pantheon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ekko’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Pantheon may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Ekko..
Pantheon normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes less damage than Ekko. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Pantheon usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Ekko, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, Pantheon makes an ok counter to Ekko.
While Pantheon does have a lower winrate compared to Ekko, when on opposite teams, Pantheon also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Pantheon into Ekko.
Furthermore, Pantheon also 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Pantheon vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Pantheon is a somewhat poor counter for Ekko. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Pantheon against Ekko.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Pantheon in order to counter Ekko during both the early game 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 stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pantheon on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Ekko. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Pantheon versus Ekko build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Bloodsong, and Opportunity. When Pantheon incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Ekko than with most other typical builds. In fact, Pantheon boasted an average win rate of 49.1% battling Ekko with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Ekko as Pantheon, you should use the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, 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 Pantheon vs Ekko counters, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.1% winrate overall.
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