Thresh vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Thresh
based on 7,215 Thresh vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Ekko
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
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.
Thresh vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Thresh in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several important Thresh vs. Ekko matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ekko’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Ekko. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Thresh usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Ekko. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Thresh and Ekko
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Who is Better, Thresh or Ekko?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Thresh usually loses when taking on Ekko, with a 47.4% win rate. As a result, Thresh makes a bad counter for Ekko.
While Thresh does have a lower winrate than Ekko, when on opposite teams, Thresh also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Thresh into Ekkoas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Thresh also has a lot 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 lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Thresh 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 allies during late stage team fights.
Thresh is a terribly counter for Ekko. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Thresh against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Thresh in order to counter Ekko during both the early game 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 will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh often gets a lot less CS relative to Ekko. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Thresh versus Ekko build include Knight's Vow, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Thresh combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Ekko than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Thresh boasted an average win rate of 47.4% when countering Ekko with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of beating Ekko as Thresh, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Triple Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Thresh vs Ekko counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.4% winrate overall.
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