Ekko vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Ekko
based on 3,755 Ekko vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Ekko vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Vel'Koz
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 Vel'Koz
Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.
Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.
Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.
Ekko vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Ekko in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several vital Ekko against Vel'Koz matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. For instance, Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Vel'Koz..
Ekko often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ekko and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Ekko or Vel'Koz?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ekko usually wins when playing against Vel'Koz, with a 52.4% win rate. Therefore, Ekko makes a good counter to Vel'Koz.
While Ekko does have a higher winrate compared to Vel'Koz, when they face off with one another, Ekko also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Ekko into Vel'Kozas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Ekko has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Vel'Koz matchups, Ekko is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Ekko is a good counter to Vel'Koz. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ekko against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ekko to counter Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko on average gets a similar amount of CS as Vel'Koz. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Ekko versus Vel'Koz build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Ekko included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Vel'Koz than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Ekko boasted an average win rate of 52.4% when playing against Vel'Koz with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Vel'Koz as Ekko, Ekko players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Ekko vs Vel'Koz counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.4% win rate overall.
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