Ekko vs Gragas
How to Beat Gragas as Ekko
based on 3,185 Ekko vs Gragas matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Gragas Matchup Summary
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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
Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.
Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.
Ekko vs Gragas Counter Stats
How to Counter Gragas with Ekko in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some influential Ekko versus Gragas counter statistics that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gragas’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gragas..
Ekko normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Gragas. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Ekko or Gragas?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ekko usually wins when facing off against Gragas, with a 51.8% win rate. As a result, Ekko makes a good counter for Gragas.
While Ekko does have a higher win rate than Gragas, when on opposite teams, Ekko also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ekko into Gragasas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Ekko has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gragas. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Gragas matchups, Ekko is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Ekko is a decent counter to Gragas. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Ekko against Gragas.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Ekko to counter Gragas during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko often gets a similar amount of CS as Gragas. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Ekko versus Gragas build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Ekko used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Gragas than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Ekko had an average winrate of 51.8% when playing against Gragas with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Gragas as Ekko, you should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Ekko vs Gragas matchups, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.8% winrate overall.
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