Alistar vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Alistar
based on 3,032 Alistar vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Alistar vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Alistar vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Alistar
Tips for Playing as Alistar against Ekko
Using Flash can allow you catch your target off guard to knock them back into your allies with Pulverize and Headbutt.
Move Speed is very important on Alistar. Consider which boots to buy carefully.
Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.
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.
Alistar vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Alistar in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some significant Alistar against Ekko matchup statistics that may help us realize the differences between the pair. For instance, Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ekko’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ekko. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Alistar typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Ekko. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Alistar and Ekko
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Who is Better, Alistar or Ekko?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Alistar usually loses when taking on Ekko, with a 47.3% win rate. As a result, Alistar makes a poor counter to Ekko.
While Alistar does have a lower win rate compared to Ekko, when facing one another, Alistar also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Alistar into Ekkoas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Alistar also has a great deal of utility and CC, 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 is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Alistar 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 allies during teamfights.
Alistar is a trash counter to Ekko. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Alistar against Ekko.
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How We Calculated Our Alistar vs Ekko Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Alistar 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Alistar usually racks up a lot less CS compared to Ekko. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Alistar versus Ekko build include Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when facing Ekko than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Alistar boasted an average win rate of 47.3% when countering Ekko with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Ekko as Alistar, you should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Alistar vs Ekko matchups, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Ekko as Alistar are given for all skill levels, merged. To filter the statistics and builds to an individual division, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.