Ekko vs Rek'Sai
How to Beat Rek'Sai as Ekko
based on 964 Ekko vs Rek'Sai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Rek'Sai Matchup Summary
Best Ekko vs Rek'Sai Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rek'Sai as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Rek'Sai
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 Rek'Sai
When Rek'Sai is near, she can see the position of you and your allies, but only if you're moving.
If you see one of Rek'Sai's tunnels, briefly stand on one of the entrances to destroy it.
Rek'Sai's Furious Bite gains damage as she builds Fury. Be very careful around her when her Fury is full.
Ekko vs Rek'Sai Counter Stats
How to Counter Rek'Sai with Ekko in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some strategic Ekko vs. Rek'Sai counter statistics that can help us understand the differences between the two. For instance, Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Rek'Sai..
Ekko often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Rek'Sai. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ekko and Rek'Sai
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Who is Better, Ekko or Rek'Sai?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ekko usually wins when facing off against Rek'Sai, with a 52.8% win rate. As a result, Ekko makes a good counter for Rek'Sai.
While Ekko does have a higher win rate than Rek'Sai, when facing one another, Ekko also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Ekko into Rek'Saias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Ekko also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rek'Sai. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Rek'Sai matchups, Ekko is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Ekko is an above average counter to Rek'Sai. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Ekko against Rek'Sai.
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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 Rek'Sai during both the laning 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 listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko on average accumulates much more CS as Rek'Sai. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't need 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Ekko versus Rek'Sai build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Ekko combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Rek'Sai than with most other typical builds. In fact, Ekko had an average win rate of 52.8% battling Rek'Sai with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Rek'Sai as Ekko, Ekko players should use 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 sets that we analyzed for Ekko vs Rek'Sai counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.8% winrate overall.
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