Ekko vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Ekko
based on 7,437 Ekko vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ekko vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Ekko vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Ekko
Tips for Playing as Ekko against Zyra
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 Zyra
Moving closer to Zyra can be a smart move if she places plants too far away from herself.
Moving the fight to a different area will deprive Zyra of accumulated seeds.
Plants take fixed damage from attacks and effects, similar to wards. They also expire quickly on their own.
Seeds placed by Zyra's W are larger, a different color, and grant a small amount of vision to her team.
Zyra's seeds can be destroyed by stepping on them. If she tries to grow them as you do, dodge back at the last moment.
Ekko vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Ekko in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several critical Ekko versus Zyra counter stats that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zyra’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zyra. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Ekko often has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Zyra. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ekko and Zyra
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Who is Better, Ekko or Zyra?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ekko usually fairs equally well when playing against Zyra, with a 49.1% win rate. Therefore, Ekko makes an ok counter for Zyra.
While Ekko does have a lower winrate than Zyra, when they face off with one another, Ekko also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Ekko into Zyraas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Ekko also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zyra. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Ekko is a somewhat poor counter to Zyra. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Ekko against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Ekko to counter Zyra during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko on average picks up more CS compared to Zyra. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Ekko versus Zyra build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Shadowflame. When Ekko used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Zyra than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Ekko boasted an average winrate of 49.1% when playing against Zyra with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Zyra as Ekko, Ekko players 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 runes players used for Ekko vs Zyra LoL games, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.1% winrate overall.
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