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 stat comparisons shown here emphasize some vital Zeri against Ekko matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Zeri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ekko’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zeri may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Ekko..
Zeri typically has a similar longest kill spree as their matchup does. On average, they receives less damage than Ekko. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zeri usually loses when playing against Ekko, with a 43.9% win rate. As a result, Zeri makes a poor counter to Ekko.
While Zeri does have a much lower winrate than Ekko, when on opposite teams, Zeri also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less difficult champ to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Zeri into Ekko.
Additionally, Zeri has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ekko. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zeri vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Zeri is a trash counter to Ekko. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Zeri against Ekko.
To truly master Zeri in order to counter Ekko during both the laning 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 presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zeri usually gets more CS compared to Ekko. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Zeri versus Ekko build include Bloodthirster, Experimental Hexplate, and Titanic Hydra. When Zeri combined at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better versus Ekko than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zeri had an average winrate of 43.9% when playing against Ekko with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Ekko as Zeri, Zeri players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Zeri vs Ekko face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 43.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Ekko as Zeri are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.