Nidalee vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Nidalee
based on 1,292 Nidalee vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nidalee vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Nidalee vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Nidalee
Tips for Playing as Nidalee against Ekko
Use brush to your advantage! Moving in and out of brush can heavily alter your effectiveness in battle.
Start team fights by harassing with your Javelin Toss, and then switch to cougar form to chase down Hunted targets.
Bushwhack traps deal damage based on their victim's current Health. Set them up in your team's backline before fights break out during sieges to help your team deal damage to the enemy frontline.
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.
Nidalee vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Nidalee in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several important Nidalee versus Ekko counter statistics that can help us interpret the distinctions between the two. For instance, Nidalee’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ekko’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nidalee may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Ekko..
Nidalee normally has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Ekko. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nidalee and Ekko
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Who is Better, Nidalee or Ekko?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nidalee usually loses when taking on Ekko, with a 42.7% win rate. As a result, Nidalee makes a poor counter for Ekko.
While Nidalee does have a much lower winrate than Ekko, when facing one another, Nidalee also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming character to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Nidalee into Ekkoas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Nidalee has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ekko. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nidalee vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Nidalee is a garbage counter to Ekko. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nidalee against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nidalee to counter Ekko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nidalee on average racks up less CS compared to Ekko. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Nidalee versus Ekko build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better vs Ekko than with most other common builds. In fact, Nidalee had an average win rate of 42.7% battling Ekko with this counter build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Ekko as Nidalee, you should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Nidalee vs Ekko matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 42.7% win rate overall.
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