Ekko vs Brand
How to Beat Brand as Ekko
based on 10,986 Ekko vs Brand matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Brand Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Brand as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Brand
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 Brand
Brand's passive allows him to excel against teams that cluster together. Be sure to split up against him.
Brand must land an ability before his combo is able to get started. Dodging his Sear or Pillar of Flame will disrupt his rhythm.
Try to move away from allies when you see Pyroclasm being cast. The initial missile speed is slow, which should give your team time to react.
Ekko vs Brand Counter Stats
How to Counter Brand with Ekko in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some important Ekko versus Brand matchup stats that can help us realize the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Brand’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Brand..
Ekko normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Brand. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ekko and Brand
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Who is Better, Ekko or Brand?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ekko usually fairs equally well when facing off against Brand, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Ekko makes an ok counter for Brand.
While Ekko does have a higher win rate than Brand, when on opposite teams, Ekko also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Ekko into Brandas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Ekko also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Brand. 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Brand matchups, Ekko is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Ekko is a decent counter to Brand. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Ekko against Brand.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Ekko to counter Brand 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 mind the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko most often gets more CS relative to Brand. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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 require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Ekko versus Brand build include Lich Bane, Cryptbloom, and Hextech Rocketbelt. When Ekko bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Brand than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Ekko boasted an average winrate of 50.5% battling Brand with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Brand as Ekko, you should use the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Ekko vs Brand clashes, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.5% winrate overall.
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