Don't go in first to a large teamfight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.
Tumble has many uses, but it cannot pass over walls.
Condemn can be used to both pin targets to walls to ensure a kill, or to escape a pursuer.
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 clarify some valuable Vayne vs. Ekko counter statistics that can help you grasp the differences between the pair. As an example, Vayne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ekko’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Vayne may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Ekko..
Vayne typically has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Ekko. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vayne usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Ekko, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Vayne makes an ok counter for Ekko.
While Vayne does have a lower winrate compared to Ekko, when they face off with one another, Vayne also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Vayne into Ekkoas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vayne has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ekko. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Vayne vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Vayne is a somewhat poor counter to Ekko. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vayne against Ekko.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vayne to counter Ekko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vayne on average gets more CS compared to Ekko. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Vayne versus Ekko build include Guardian Angel, Wit's End, and Guinsoo's Rageblade. When Vayne incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Ekko than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Vayne boasted an average win rate of 49.7% battling Ekko with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Ekko as Vayne, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Vayne vs Ekko fights, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.7% winrate overall.
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