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How to Win Warwick vs Ekko Counter MatchupWarwick is in the a tier of champions

Warwick vs Ekko

How to Beat Ekko as Warwick in LoLWarwick is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Ekko as Warwick

based on 7,613 Warwick vs Ekko matchups
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
2.04
Pick Rate
4.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches that we evaluate every week. This guide on how to beat Ekko as Warwick came out of an examination of 7613 ranked matches where both champs clashed against one another. This particular champ matchup is somewhat uncommon. Warwick encounters Ekko in only 4.6% of his games.

Warwick vs Ekko Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Warwick does a poor job of countering Ekko. On average, he wins a lowly 48.0% of matches the champions face off with each other in. In Warwick versus Ekko rounds, Warwick’s team is 0.1% more expected to gain first blood. This indicates that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Ekko.

Best Warwick vs Ekko Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
TunnelerTiamat

Core Warwick Items

~22 Mins
Experimental HexplateBlade of The Ruined KingTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

Dead Man's PlateWit's EndSterak's GageTerminus

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Warwick to level upw
>
Second ability for Warwick to level upq
>
Last skill for Warwick to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceTenacity and Slow Resist
Warwick's passive ability p
Warwick's q ability q
Warwick's w ability w
Warwick's e ability e
Warwick's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
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Q
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W
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Ekko as Warwick

Tips for Playing as Warwick against Ekko

Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.

Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.

Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.

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.

Warwick vs Ekko Counter Stats

Warwick Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
Ekko Image
7.3
< Kills >
7.9
7
< Deaths >
6.1
7
< Assists >
6.9
1.7
< Killing Sprees >
1.82
55
< Minions Killed >
101
1.29
< Dragons Killed >
0.75
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.47
7,819
< Physical Damage >
2,379
9,247
< Magic Damage >
18,172
819
< True Damage >
1,043
17,886
< Damage Dealt >
21,595
40,247
< Damage Taken >
30,604
11,559
< Gold Earned >
12,196
1.33
< Towers >
1.84
0.27
< Baron Takedowns >
0.17
21,641
< Total Healing >
11,060
13,192
< Experience >
13,970
19
< Vision Score >
19
7
< Wards Placed >
7
287
< Time Dealing CC >
368

How to Counter Ekko with Warwick in LoL

The stats provided here clarify several strategic Warwick versus Ekko matchup statistics that may help us understand the differences between the two. Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ekko’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ekko..

Warwick often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Ekko. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Warwick and Ekko

Damage Types Compared

Warwick
Ekko
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Warwick
Ekko

Who is Better, Warwick or Ekko?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Warwick usually loses when trying to fight Ekko, with a 48.0% win rate. Thus, Warwick makes a bad counter to Ekko.

While Warwick does have a lower win rate than Ekko, when on opposite teams, Warwick also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champion to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Warwick into Ekko.

Additionally, Warwick also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ekko. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Warwick 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.

Warwick is a bad counter to Ekko. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Warwick against Ekko.

Additional Information for Warwick Players

How We Calculated Our Warwick vs Ekko Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ekko as Warwick, we analyzed 7,613 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Ekko as Warwick comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Warwick in order to counter Ekko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Warwick usually picks up less CS compared to Ekko. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities 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 situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Warwick versus Ekko build include Experimental Hexplate, Blade of The Ruined King, and Titanic Hydra. When Warwick bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs. Ekko than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Warwick had an average winrate of 48.0% battling Ekko with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Ekko as Warwick, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Warwick vs Ekko counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.0% win rate overall.

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