Aphelios vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Aphelios
based on 4,254 Aphelios vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Ekko
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
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.
Aphelios vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Aphelios in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some strategic Aphelios versus Ekko matchup statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between these two champs. For instance, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ekko’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ekko..
Aphelios often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Ekko. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aphelios and Ekko
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Ekko?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually loses when trying to fight Ekko, with a 47.4% win rate. As a result, Aphelios makes a bad counter to Ekko.
While Aphelios does have a lower win rate than Ekko, when on opposite teams, Aphelios also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Aphelios into Ekkoas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Aphelios also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ekko. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Aphelios is a garbage counter for Ekko. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Aphelios against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios to counter Ekko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention 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.
Aphelios most often gets more CS relative to Ekko. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Aphelios versus Ekko build consist of Infinity Edge, Kraken Slayer, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Aphelios included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Ekko than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average winrate of 47.4% when playing against Ekko with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Ekko as Aphelios, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Aphelios vs Ekko fights, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Ekko as Aphelios are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.