Gragas vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Gragas
based on 3,185 Gragas vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gragas vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Gragas vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Gragas
Tips for Playing as Gragas against Ekko
Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.
Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.
The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.
Advice to Win Against Ekko
The second hit of Timewinder does more damage than the first; try to avoid it.
Ekko is significantly weaker when his ultimate is down. Watch for the trail he leaves behind to determine if Chronobreak is available.
Ekko's stun zone takes 3 seconds to arm. Watch for the image he creates on cast and try to guess where the zone was placed.
Gragas vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Gragas in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several important Gragas vs. Ekko counter statistics that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Gragas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ekko’s ratio of NaN, showing that Gragas may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ekko..
Gragas typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Ekko. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gragas and Ekko
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Who is Better, Gragas or Ekko?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gragas usually loses when trying to fight Ekko, with a 48.2% win rate. As a result, Gragas makes a bad counter for Ekko.
While Gragas does have a lower winrate than Ekko, when on opposite teams, Gragas also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Gragas into Ekko.
Additionally, Gragas has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ekko. 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 Gragas vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Gragas is a somewhat poor counter to Ekko. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Gragas against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gragas to counter Ekko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gragas most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Ekko. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Gragas versus Ekko build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Gragas included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Ekko than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Gragas had an average win rate of 48.2% when playing against Ekko with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of beating Ekko as Gragas, Gragas players should equip the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Gragas vs Ekko clashes, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Ekko as Gragas are presented for all skill levels combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.