Ekko vs Master Yi
How to Beat Master Yi as Ekko
based on 3,446 Ekko vs Master Yi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Master Yi Matchup Summary
Best Ekko vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Master Yi
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 Master Yi
If Master Yi tries to farm with Alpha Strike, hit him a few times so he has to use mana with Meditate to heal.
Meditate is an effective method of healing damage over time, but Master Yi is susceptible to coordinated team ganks early in the game.
Although Master Yi cannot be slowed while using Highlander, other disables can stop him in his tracks.
Ekko vs Master Yi Counter Stats
How to Counter Master Yi with Ekko in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several strategic Ekko versus Master Yi counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between the pair. As an example, Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Master Yi’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Master Yi..
Ekko normally has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Master Yi. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ekko and Master Yi
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Who is Better, Ekko or Master Yi?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ekko usually wins when playing against Master Yi, with a 52.4% win rate. Thus, Ekko makes a good counter to Master Yi.
While Ekko does have a higher winrate compared to Master Yi, when on opposite teams, Ekko also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Ekko into Master Yias his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Ekko has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Master Yi. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Master Yi 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 allied champions during team fights.
Ekko is a good counter for Master Yi. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Ekko against Master Yi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ekko to counter Master Yi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko typically gets more CS compared to Master Yi. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities 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 do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Ekko versus Master Yi build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Nashor's Tooth. When Ekko bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Master Yi than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Ekko had an average win rate of 52.4% when playing against Master Yi with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Master Yi as Ekko, Ekko players should take the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Ekko vs Master Yi LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.4% win rate overall.
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