Ekko vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Ekko
based on 2,533 Ekko vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Ekko vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Nunu & Willump
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.
Chronobreak is a potent escape tool, but it can also be quite powerful when used offensively. Don't underestimate its damage potential.
Advice to Win Against Nunu & Willump
Using Summoner Flash is a surefire way to escape Absolute Zero.
Interrupting the charge up on Absolute Zero will lower the amount of damage your team takes.
Biggest Snowball Ever moves very fast but cannot turn as quickly, so don't try to escape it by running away in a straight line. Instead, make sudden, sharp turns.
Ekko vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Ekko in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some valuable Ekko vs. Nunu & Willump matchup stats that may help you understand the distinctions between the two. Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nunu & Willump. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Ekko often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Nunu & Willump. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ekko and Nunu & Willump
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Who is Better, Ekko or Nunu & Willump?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ekko usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Nunu & Willump, with a 50.9% win rate. Therefore, Ekko makes an ok counter to Nunu & Willump.
While Ekko does have a higher win rate compared to Nunu & Willump, when on opposite teams, Ekko also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Ekko into Nunu & Willumpas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Ekko also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. 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 a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Ekko is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Ekko is a decent counter for Nunu & Willump. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ekko against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Ekko in order to counter Nunu & Willump during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko most often accumulates more CS relative to Nunu & Willump. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Ekko versus Nunu & Willump build consist of Hextech Rocketbelt, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Nashor's Tooth. When Ekko bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs Nunu & Willump than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Ekko had an average win rate of 50.9% when playing against Nunu & Willump with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Nunu & Willump as Ekko, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Ekko vs Nunu & Willump counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.9% win rate overall.
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