Ekko vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Ekko
based on 5,442 Ekko vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Ekko vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Bard
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 Bard
You can crush Bard's healing shrines just by walking over them. Don't let his allies take them without a fight.
Bard's ultimate, Tempered Fate, affects allies, enemies, monsters, and turrets alike. Sometimes it can be to your advantage to jump into it!
Bard's opponents can also travel through his Magical Journey doorways. You can follow him, if you think it's safe.
Ekko vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Ekko in LoL
The stats shown here feature some vital Ekko versus Bard counter statistics that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Bard’s ratio of NaN, showing that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Bard. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Ekko usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Bard. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ekko and Bard
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Who is Better, Ekko or Bard?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ekko usually loses when trying to fight Bard, with a 48.0% win rate. Therefore, Ekko makes a bad counter to Bard.
While Ekko does have a lower winrate than Bard, when they face off with one another, Ekko also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Ekko into Bardas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Ekko also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Bard. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Bard matchups, Bard 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.
Ekko is a terribly counter for Bard. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ekko against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ekko in order to counter Bard during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko often picks up much more CS as Bard. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Ekko versus Bard build consist of Lich Bane, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Shadowflame. When Ekko combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Bard than with many other common item sets. In fact, Ekko boasted an average winrate of 48.0% when countering Bard with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Bard as Ekko, you should take the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Future's Market runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Ekko vs Bard counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Bard as Ekko are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.