Zoe vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Zoe
based on 2,326 Zoe vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zoe vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Zoe vs Ekko Counter Build
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Starter Items
Early Items
Core Zoe Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Zoe
Tips for Playing as Zoe against Ekko
Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Find a hiding spot to set up for a long distance kill.
Break Sleep with your biggest damage source, since enemies who are asleep take double damage.
Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown. Casting it behind yourself before redirecting can deal tons of damage.
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.
Zoe vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Zoe in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some strategic Zoe vs. Ekko matchup stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. As an example, Zoe’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ekko’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zoe may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Ekko..
Zoe normally has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Ekko. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zoe and Ekko
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Who is Better, Zoe or Ekko?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zoe usually loses when trying to fight Ekko, with a 45.9% win rate. Therefore, Zoe makes a bad counter for Ekko.
While Zoe does have a much lower winrate compared to Ekko, when on opposite teams, Zoe also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Zoe into Ekko.
Additionally, Zoe has almost no 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 ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zoe 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 allies during late stage team fights.
Zoe is a trash counter to Ekko. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Zoe against Ekko.
Other Champion Matchups Against Zoe
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zoe in order 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zoe on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Ekko. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Zoe versus Ekko build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Zoe combined at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Ekko than with most other common builds. In fact, Zoe had an average winrate of 45.9% when countering Ekko with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Ekko as Zoe, you should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Zoe vs Ekko counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.9% winrate overall.
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