Vex vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Vex
based on 3,432 Vex vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vex vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Vex vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Vex
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.
Vex vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Vex in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some influential Vex against Ekko matchup statistics that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Vex’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ekko’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Vex may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Ekko..
Vex typically has a similar longest killing spree as their counter does. Typically, they takes less damage than Ekko. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vex and Ekko
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Who is Better, Vex or Ekko?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vex usually loses when facing off against Ekko, with a 48.3% win rate. As a result, Vex makes a poor counter to Ekko.
While Vex does have a lower winrate than Ekko, when on opposite teams, Vex also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Vex into Ekko.
Furthermore, Vex also has some 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 isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vex vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Vex is a somewhat poor counter for Ekko. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Vex against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vex to counter Ekko during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vex on average gets more CS as Ekko. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Vex versus Ekko build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Vex bought at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better when facing Ekko than with most other common item sets. In fact, Vex had an average winrate of 48.3% battling Ekko with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating Ekko as Vex, you should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Vex vs Ekko fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.3% winrate overall.
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