Ekko vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Ekko
based on 4,063 Ekko vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Ekko vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Soraka
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 Soraka
It's easier to focus Soraka than the ally she is healing.
Focus on attacking Soraka when she ever ventures to the frontline to heal her allies.
Take advantage of Soraka's long cooldown on Equinox if she uses it to harass.
Ekko vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Ekko in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some important Ekko against Soraka counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences between the pair. As an example, Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Soraka’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Soraka. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Ekko typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Soraka. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ekko and Soraka
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Who is Better, Ekko or Soraka?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ekko usually wins when trying to fight Soraka, with a 52.4% win rate. As a result, Ekko makes a good counter for Soraka.
While Ekko does have a higher winrate than Soraka, when they face off with one another, Ekko also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Ekko into Sorakaas 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 Soraka. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Soraka 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 teammates during late stage team fights.
Ekko is an above average counter to Soraka. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Ekko against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Ekko in order to counter Soraka during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko on average accumulates much more CS compared to Soraka. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Ekko versus Soraka build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Shadowflame. When Ekko included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Soraka than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Ekko boasted an average win rate of 52.4% when countering Soraka with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Soraka as Ekko, Ekko players should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Ekko vs Soraka battles, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.4% win rate overall.
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