Karma vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Karma
based on 4,946 Karma vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Karma vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Karma vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Karma
Tips for Playing as Karma against Ekko
Don't be too conservative with Mantra. Gathering Fire is strongest in teamfights, making it easy to recharge Mantra multiple times.
Gathering Fire rewards aggressive play. Look to land abilities and basic attacks on your opponent to lower Mantra's cooldown and stay on the offensive.
When using Focused Resolve, slow your opponents with Inner Flame or speed yourself up with Inspire if you're having trouble sticking to a target.
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.
Karma vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Karma in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some significant Karma against Ekko matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences between the two. As an example, Karma’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ekko’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Karma may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Ekko. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Karma normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives less damage than Ekko. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Karma and Ekko
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Who is Better, Karma or Ekko?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Karma usually loses when trying to fight Ekko, with a 47.6% win rate. Thus, Karma makes a bad counter to Ekko.
While Karma does have a lower win rate than Ekko, when facing one another, Karma also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming character to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Karma into Ekko.
Moreover, Karma also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ekko. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Karma vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Karma is a terribly counter for Ekko. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Karma against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Karma 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Karma on average racks up less CS relative to Ekko. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Karma versus Ekko build include Dream Maker, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Karma bought at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Ekko than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Karma boasted an average win rate of 47.6% when playing against Ekko with this build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Ekko as Karma, Karma players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Karma vs Ekko LoL games, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.6% win rate overall.
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