Ekko vs Kennen
How to Beat Kennen as Ekko
based on 1,959 Ekko vs Kennen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Kennen Matchup Summary
Best Ekko vs Kennen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kennen as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Kennen
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 Kennen
Consider playing a bit more cautiously around Kennen when you have a Mark of the Storm debuff. If he hits you with 3 Marks of the Storm, you will get stunned.
Kennen is flimsy by nature - turn and attack him if he gets careless with Lightning Rush.
Ekko vs Kennen Counter Stats
How to Counter Kennen with Ekko in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several critical Ekko versus Kennen counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between this pair of champions. Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kennen’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kennen..
Ekko often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Kennen. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ekko and Kennen
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Who is Better, Ekko or Kennen?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ekko usually wins when taking on Kennen, with a 52.6% win rate. Therefore, Ekko makes a good counter to Kennen.
While Ekko does have a higher winrate than Kennen, when they face off with one another, Ekko also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Ekko into Kennenas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Ekko has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kennen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Kennen 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 teammates during teamfights.
Ekko is a good counter to Kennen. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Ekko against Kennen.
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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 Kennen during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko on average accumulates less CS as Kennen. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Ekko versus Kennen build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Ekko bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Kennen than with many other typical builds. In fact, Ekko had an average win rate of 52.6% when playing against Kennen with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Kennen as Ekko, Ekko players should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Future's Market runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Ekko vs Kennen counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.6% win rate overall.
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