Ekko vs Gragas
How to Beat Gragas as Ekko
based on 1,351 Ekko vs Gragas matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Gragas Matchup Summary
Best Ekko vs Gragas Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gragas as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Gragas
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 Gragas
Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.
Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.
Ekko vs Gragas Counter Stats
How to Counter Gragas with Ekko in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several valuable Ekko against Gragas matchup statistics that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gragas’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Gragas..
Ekko normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Gragas. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ekko and Gragas
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Who is Better, Ekko or Gragas?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ekko usually wins when trying to fight Gragas, with a 54.6% win rate. As a result, Ekko makes a great counter for Gragas.
While Ekko does have a much higher win rate than Gragas, when facing one another, Ekko also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Ekko into Gragasas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Ekko has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gragas. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Gragas matchups, Ekko is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Ekko is a great counter to Gragas. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Ekko against Gragas.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ekko in order to counter Gragas during both the laning 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 stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko usually gets a similar amount of CS compared to Gragas. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Ekko versus Gragas build consist of Hextech Rocketbelt, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Nashor's Tooth. When Ekko combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Gragas than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Ekko boasted an average win rate of 54.6% when playing against Gragas with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Gragas as Ekko, Ekko players should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Ekko vs Gragas counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 54.6% winrate overall.
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