Bard vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Bard
based on 5,442 Bard vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Ekko
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
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.
Bard vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some vital Bard against Ekko counter statistics that may help you appreciate the differences between this set of champions. Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ekko’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Ekko. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Bard normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Ekko. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Bard and Ekko
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Who is Better, Bard or Ekko?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Bard usually wins when trying to fight Ekko, with a 52.0% win rate. Thus, Bard makes a good counter to Ekko.
While Bard does have a higher win rate than Ekko, when on opposite teams, Bard also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Bard into Ekkoas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Bard has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ekko. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Bard vs Ekko matchups, Bard is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Bard is a decent counter to Ekko. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Bard against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Bard to counter Ekko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard often picks up a lot less CS as Ekko. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Bard versus Ekko build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Bloodsong, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Ekko than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Bard had an average winrate of 52.0% when countering Ekko with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Ekko as Bard, you should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Relentless Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Bard vs Ekko face-offs, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Ekko as Bard are given for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.