Ekko vs Ryze
How to Beat Ryze as Ekko
based on 1,701 Ekko vs Ryze matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Ryze Matchup Summary
Best Ekko vs Ryze Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ryze as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Ryze
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 Ryze
Ryze is especially dangerous to opponents that are marked with Flux.
Use Realm Warp's windup time to figure out how to deal with what may be coming out of the portal.
Crowd controlling Ryze during Realm Warp's windup will cancel the portal.
Ekko vs Ryze Counter Stats
How to Counter Ryze with Ekko in LoL
The stats provided here show several critical Ekko vs. Ryze matchup stats that can help us realize the distinctions between this pair of champions. Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ryze’s ratio of NaN, showing that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ryze..
Ekko normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Ryze. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ekko and Ryze
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Who is Better, Ekko or Ryze?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ekko usually loses when trying to fight Ryze, with a 48.9% win rate. Therefore, Ekko makes a poor counter to Ryze.
While Ekko does have a lower win rate than Ryze, when facing one another, Ekko also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ekko into Ryzeas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Ekko also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ryze. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Ryze matchups, Ryze is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Ekko is a somewhat poor counter for Ryze. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Ekko against Ryze.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Ekko to counter Ryze during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko most often gets less CS compared to Ryze. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Ekko versus Ryze build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Hextech Rocketbelt. When Ekko incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Ryze than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Ekko had an average winrate of 48.9% when countering Ryze with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Ryze as Ekko, you should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Ekko vs Ryze face-offs, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Ryze as Ekko are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.