Ekko vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Ekko
based on 2,546 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
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 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 stats provided here underscore some strategic Ekko vs. Heimerdinger counter statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Heimerdinger. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Ekko often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Heimerdinger. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with more 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 champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ekko usually wins when trying to fight Heimerdinger, with a 52.3% win rate. As a result, Ekko makes a good counter to Heimerdinger.
While Ekko does have a higher win rate compared to Heimerdinger, when on opposite teams, Ekko also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Ekko into Heimerdingeras his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Ekko also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Heimerdinger matchups, Ekko is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Ekko is an above average counter to Heimerdinger. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income 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 learn all of the intricacies of Ekko in order to counter Heimerdinger during both the early game 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 listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Heimerdinger. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Ekko versus Heimerdinger build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Ekko bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Heimerdinger than with many other common builds. In fact, Ekko boasted an average win rate of 52.3% when playing against Heimerdinger with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Heimerdinger as Ekko, Ekko players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Ekko vs Heimerdinger LoL games, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.3% winrate overall.
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