Ekko vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Ekko
based on 6,280 Ekko vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Ekko vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Xin Zhao
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 Xin Zhao
Xin Zhao relies heavily on his Three Talon Strikes for damage and cooldown resets, so preventing him from finishing his combo will have a dramatic effect.
Xin Zhao is a powerful initiator with both his charge and ultimate dealing damage to all units around him. Try having your team stay spread out until he's used his ultimate.
Ekko vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Ekko in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several significant Ekko versus Xin Zhao matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Xin Zhao..
Ekko often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Xin Zhao. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Ekko or Xin Zhao?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ekko usually fairs equally well when playing against Xin Zhao, with a 49.9% win rate. Therefore, Ekko makes an ok counter to Xin Zhao.
While Ekko does have a lower winrate compared to Xin Zhao, when facing one another, Ekko also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Ekko into Xin Zhaoas 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 CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champ with a similar 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 Xin Zhao. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Ekko against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ekko to counter Xin Zhao during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko usually picks up more CS compared to Xin Zhao. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require 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, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Ekko versus Xin Zhao build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Ekko used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Xin Zhao than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Ekko boasted an average win rate of 49.9% battling Xin Zhao with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of beating Xin Zhao as Ekko, you should take the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Future's Market runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Ekko vs Xin Zhao fights, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.9% winrate overall.
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