Ekko vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Ekko
based on 2,549 Ekko vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Ekko vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Heimerdinger
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.
Chronobreak is a potent escape tool, but it can also be quite powerful when used offensively. Don't underestimate its damage potential.
Advice to Win Against Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Ekko vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Ekko in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several influential Ekko versus Heimerdinger counter statistics that may help us realize the distinctions between the two. For instance, Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Heimerdinger..
Ekko often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Heimerdinger. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ekko and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Ekko or Heimerdinger?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ekko usually loses when playing against Heimerdinger, with a 47.9% win rate. As a result, Ekko makes a poor counter to Heimerdinger.
While Ekko does have a lower win rate compared to Heimerdinger, when facing one another, Ekko also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Ekko into Heimerdingeras his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Ekko also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Heimerdinger matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Ekko is a bad counter for Heimerdinger. You will do well by focussing your strategy 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 Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Ekko in order to counter Heimerdinger 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 listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko on average accumulates less CS as Heimerdinger. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Ekko versus Heimerdinger build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Lich Bane, and Void Staff. When Ekko used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Heimerdinger than with most other common item sets. In fact, Ekko had an average winrate of 47.9% battling Heimerdinger with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Heimerdinger as Ekko, Ekko players should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Ekko vs Heimerdinger LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Heimerdinger as Ekko are presented for all skill levels combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.