Illaoi vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Illaoi
based on 3,311 Illaoi vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Illaoi vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Illaoi vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Illaoi
Tips for Playing as Illaoi against Ekko
Vessel
Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.
Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a
is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.
Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.
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.
Illaoi vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Illaoi in LoL
The stats provided here feature some significant Illaoi against Ekko counter statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Illaoi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ekko’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Illaoi may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Ekko..
Illaoi usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Ekko. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Illaoi and Ekko
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Who is Better, Illaoi or Ekko?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Illaoi usually loses when trying to fight Ekko, with a 46.3% win rate. Therefore, Illaoi makes a poor counter to Ekko.
While Illaoi does have a lower winrate than Ekko, when they face off with one another, Illaoi also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult character to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Illaoi into Ekko.
Additionally, Illaoi has only a small 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 is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Illaoi vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Illaoi is a garbage counter for Ekko. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Illaoi against Ekko.
Other Champion Matchups Against Illaoi
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Illaoi to counter Ekko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Illaoi on average picks up more CS relative to Ekko. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Illaoi versus Ekko build include Sterak's Gage, Hullbreaker, and Sundered Sky. When Illaoi bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better against Ekko than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Illaoi had an average winrate of 46.3% when countering Ekko with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Ekko as Illaoi, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Illaoi vs Ekko battles, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Ekko as Illaoi are presented for all skill levels combined. To filter the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.