Skarner vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Skarner
based on 561 Skarner vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Ekko Counter Build
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Starter Items
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Core Skarner Items
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Ekko
Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.
Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.
Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.
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.
Skarner vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Skarner in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some influential Skarner versus Ekko matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences between the pair. Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ekko’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ekko..
Skarner normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Ekko. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Skarner and Ekko
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Who is Better, Skarner or Ekko?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Skarner usually loses when taking on Ekko, with a 44.9% win rate. As a result, Skarner makes a poor counter to Ekko.
While Skarner does have a much lower win rate than Ekko, when on opposite teams, Skarner also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Skarner into Ekko.
Moreover, Skarner has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ekko. This 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 Skarner vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Skarner is a trash counter to Ekko. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Skarner against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Skarner in order to counter Ekko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner most often gets less CS as Ekko. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Skarner versus Ekko build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Skarner combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Ekko than with most other common builds. In fact, Skarner had an average win rate of 44.9% when countering Ekko with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Ekko as Skarner, Skarner players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Skarner vs Ekko counter picks, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 44.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Ekko as Skarner are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a specific division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.