Ekko vs Aphelios
How to Beat Aphelios as Ekko
based on 4,254 Ekko vs Aphelios matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Aphelios Matchup Summary
Best Ekko vs Aphelios Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Aphelios
Chronobreak is a potent escape tool, but it can also be quite powerful when used offensively. Don't underestimate its damage potential.
If you can proc Z-Drive Resonance on an enemy champion, it's worth taking risks to do so. The bonus Move Speed makes it easy to escape.
Phase Dive's dash is a great tool for setting up Ekko's other abilities. Use it to get double hits with Timewinder or get into position to detonate Parallel Convergence.
Advice to Win Against Aphelios
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different weaknesses, try to exploit the ones that work best for your champion. Watch out for the purple Gravity gun, it can root you.
Ekko vs Aphelios Counter Stats
How to Counter Aphelios with Ekko in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some valuable Ekko vs. Aphelios counter statistics that can help us interpret the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aphelios’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Aphelios..
Ekko often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Aphelios. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ekko and Aphelios
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Who is Better, Ekko or Aphelios?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ekko usually wins when taking on Aphelios, with a 52.6% win rate. Thus, Ekko makes a good counter to Aphelios.
While Ekko does have a higher win rate compared to Aphelios, when facing one another, Ekko also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Ekko into Apheliosas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Ekko has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aphelios. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Aphelios matchups, Ekko is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Ekko is a good counter for Aphelios. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Ekko against Aphelios.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ekko to counter Aphelios during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko typically racks up less CS as Aphelios. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Ekko versus Aphelios build consist of Lich Bane, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Ekko used at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Aphelios than with many other common builds. In fact, Ekko had an average win rate of 52.6% battling Aphelios with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Aphelios as Ekko, Ekko players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Ekko vs Aphelios counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Aphelios as Ekko are given for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.