Ekko vs Kindred
How to Beat Kindred as Ekko
based on 3,580 Ekko vs Kindred matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Kindred Matchup Summary
Best Ekko vs Kindred Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kindred as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Kindred
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 Kindred
When Kindred uses Lamb's Respite get inside, it stops all champions from dying.
Kindred is fragile - turn the pressure up on her, and she will be forced to play cautiously.
Clear the Hunts Wolf activates on jungle camps to slow down Kindred's damage output.
Ekko vs Kindred Counter Stats
How to Counter Kindred with Ekko in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several valuable Ekko against Kindred matchup statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between this set of champs. Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kindred’s ratio of NaN, showing that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kindred..
Ekko normally has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kindred. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ekko and Kindred
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Who is Better, Ekko or Kindred?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ekko usually wins when trying to fight Kindred, with a 51.9% win rate. Therefore, Ekko makes a good counter to Kindred.
While Ekko does have a higher winrate than Kindred, when on opposite teams, Ekko also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Ekko into Kindredas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Ekko has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kindred. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Kindred matchups, Ekko is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Ekko is a decent counter to Kindred. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Ekko against Kindred.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Ekko in order to counter Kindred during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko often gets more CS as Kindred. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Ekko versus Kindred build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Ekko combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Kindred than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Ekko had an average win rate of 51.9% when playing against Kindred with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Kindred as Ekko, you 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. Out of all the runes players chose for Ekko vs Kindred clashes, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.9% winrate overall.
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