Maokai vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Maokai
based on 7,223 Maokai vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Ekko
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
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.
Maokai vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Maokai in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several vital Maokai against Ekko counter statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ekko’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Ekko. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Maokai usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Ekko. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and Ekko
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Who is Better, Maokai or Ekko?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when taking on Ekko, with a 53.0% win rate. Thus, Maokai makes a good counter for Ekko.
While Maokai does have a higher winrate compared to Ekko, when they face off with one another, Maokai also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into Ekko.
Additionally, Maokai also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ekko. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Ekko matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Maokai is a good counter for Ekko. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Maokai against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Maokai in order 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai often accumulates less CS compared to Ekko. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Maokai versus Ekko build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Ekko than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 53.0% when playing against Ekko with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing Ekko as Maokai, Maokai players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Hextech Flashtraption, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Maokai vs Ekko battles, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.0% winrate overall.
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