Ekko vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Ekko
based on 1,600 Ekko vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Ekko vs Kalista Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Ekko Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Kalista as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Kalista
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 Kalista
Kalista's mobility is dependent upon attacking. This means it is low when she is outside of her attack range and that Attack Speed slows reduce the amount of distance she can cover in an engagement.
If you can break line of sight from Kalista, including through brush, her basic attacks will miss you, falling harmlessly to the ground.
Kalista cannot cancel her basic attack wind up. While she is very mobile, this offers a window to land spells on her if you anticipate when she will begin attacking.
Ekko vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Ekko in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some influential Ekko vs. Kalista matchup statistics that can help you grasp the differences between the pair. Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kalista’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kalista..
Ekko often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Kalista. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ekko and Kalista
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Ekko or Kalista?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ekko usually wins when facing off against Kalista, with a 52.4% win rate. As a result, Ekko makes a good counter for Kalista.
While Ekko does have a higher win rate than Kalista, when they face off with one another, Ekko also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Ekko into Kalistaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Ekko also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kalista. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Kalista 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 late stage team fights.
Ekko is an above average counter for Kalista. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ekko against Kalista.
Other Champion Matchups Against Ekko
Additional Information for Ekko Players
How We Calculated Our Ekko vs Kalista Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ekko in order to counter Kalista during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko often racks up less CS compared to Kalista. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Ekko versus Kalista build consist of Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Ekko incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Kalista than with many other typical builds. In fact, Ekko boasted an average win rate of 52.4% when playing against Kalista with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Kalista as Ekko, Ekko players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Ekko vs Kalista counters, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.4% winrate overall.
If you want to see Ekko vs Kalista tips and counter stats for a an individual skill level, feel free to select one from the selection menu displayed above. At first, the statistics and strategies displayed are computed using all games run with these champs.