Zed vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Zed
based on 7,405 Zed vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zed vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Zed vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Zed
Tips for Playing as Zed against Ekko
Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.
Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.
Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.
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.
Zed vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Zed in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some significant Zed vs. Ekko counter stats that can help us figure out the differences between the pair. As an example, Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ekko’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Ekko..
Zed often has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Ekko. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zed and Ekko
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Who is Better, Zed or Ekko?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zed usually loses when playing against Ekko, with a 47.4% win rate. Thus, Zed makes a poor counter to Ekko.
While Zed does have a lower winrate than Ekko, when facing one another, Zed also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Zed into Ekkoas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Zed also has only a small 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 one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zed 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 teammates during late stage team fights.
Zed is a garbage counter for Ekko. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Zed against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zed in order to counter Ekko during both the lane 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 suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zed on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Ekko. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Zed versus Ekko build include Serylda's Grudge, Axiom Arc, and Profane Hydra. When Zed included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Ekko than with many other common builds. In fact, Zed boasted an average winrate of 47.4% battling Ekko with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Ekko as Zed, you should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Zed vs Ekko battles, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.4% win rate overall.
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