Heimerdinger vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Heimerdinger
based on 2,546 Heimerdinger vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Ekko
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some important Heimerdinger against Ekko counter stats that may help you interpret the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ekko’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ekko..
Heimerdinger typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Ekko. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Ekko
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Ekko?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually loses when taking on Ekko, with a 47.7% win rate. As a result, Heimerdinger makes a bad counter to Ekko.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower win rate compared to Ekko, when they face off with one another, Heimerdinger also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Heimerdinger into Ekkoas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ekko. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Heimerdinger is a garbage counter to Ekko. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Heimerdinger against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger to counter Ekko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Ekko. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Heimerdinger versus Ekko build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Ekko than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average winrate of 47.7% when countering Ekko with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Ekko as Heimerdinger, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Heimerdinger vs Ekko clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.7% winrate overall.
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