Ekko vs Olaf
How to Beat Olaf as Ekko
based on 1,624 Ekko vs Olaf matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Olaf Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Olaf as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Olaf
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 Olaf
Olaf has reduced defenses from damage during Ragnarok, despite being immune to disables. If you can't escape from Olaf during Ragnarok, try focusing your damage on him with your teammates.
Olaf becomes more dangerous the lower life he is. Save your disables to finish him off.
Preventing Olaf from reaching his axe will minimize the amount of harassment he can cause in the laning phase.
Ekko vs Olaf Counter Stats
How to Counter Olaf with Ekko in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several important Ekko against Olaf matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Olaf’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Olaf..
Ekko typically has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Olaf. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Ekko or Olaf?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ekko usually loses when taking on Olaf, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Ekko makes a poor counter for Olaf.
While Ekko does have a lower winrate compared to Olaf, when on opposite teams, Ekko also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Ekko into Olafas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Ekko has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Olaf. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Olaf matchups, Olaf is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Ekko is a somewhat poor counter to Olaf. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ekko against Olaf.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Ekko to counter Olaf during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko usually racks up a similar amount of CS as Olaf. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Ekko versus Olaf build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Hextech Rocketbelt. When Ekko bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Olaf than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Ekko had an average winrate of 48.7% battling Olaf with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Olaf as Ekko, Ekko players should use 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 rune combinations players used for Ekko vs Olaf clashes, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.7% win rate overall.
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