Darius vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Darius
based on 6,413 Darius vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Ekko
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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.
Darius vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Darius in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some vital Darius against Ekko counter statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between the pair. Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ekko’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Ekko..
Darius often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Ekko. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Darius and Ekko
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Who is Better, Darius or Ekko?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Darius usually loses when taking on Ekko, with a 47.4% win rate. Therefore, Darius makes a bad counter for Ekko.
While Darius does have a lower win rate than Ekko, when on opposite teams, Darius also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Darius into Ekko.
Additionally, Darius also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ekko. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Darius 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 team members during team fights.
Darius is a trash counter for Ekko. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Darius against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Darius in order to counter Ekko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius on average gets more CS relative to Ekko. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require 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, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Darius versus Ekko build consist of Sterak's Gage, Dead Man's Plate, and Stridebreaker. When Darius incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Ekko than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Darius boasted an average win rate of 47.4% when playing against Ekko with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Ekko as Darius, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Darius vs Ekko LoL games, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.4% winrate overall.
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