Ekko was the newest addition to League of Legends: Wild Rift in the month of May. Struggling to fight against enemy Ekko and constantly feeling helpless? Maybe we can help you learn to counter him.
Ekko Counter in Wild Rift
Ekko is best described as an assassin mage. He can do a lot of burst damage and has great scaling. His abilities allow him to have an easy escape in fights, do tons of damage, heal, be a very fast jungler and have great map control. All of his abilities can be said to be very powerful that allow him to use them in a lot of versatile ways. Over all Ekko is a very strong champion.
Let’s quickly go through his abilities so there’s a better understanding of him. His first ability throws a device in a direction dealing damage along with that slowing by 40%. On it way returning to Ekko it deals additional damage to anything on the way. His second ability launches a circle that slows any enemy inside it by 40% and if Ekko enters the circle during it, everything inside the circle is stunned for 2.5 seconds. During this time he gains a shield that absorbs 70 damage for 2 seconds. His 3rd ability let’s him roll to a target direction following which his attacks in the next 3 seconds let’s him gain increased ranged and blink to a target dealing additional damage.
His ultimate is extremely powerful, it allows him to turn untargetable and blink to where he was 3.5 seconds before he used it. On using this he also heals.
Cons of Ekko
It can be hard to land his stun circles in fights. Ekko ultimate gives him an easy escape opportunity however, scattered around in a fight it can be easy to forget his previous pathways and blink right into the enemy ending deeper into the fight. Ekko is semi squishy and not too hard to kill if you can land cc on him. He is also very hard to master and play optimally.
Items to Counter Ekko
Magic resident items like –
Mercury’s Treads
Spirit Visage
Force of Nature
Maw of Malmortius
Other items that can help you dodge his cc and deal with his stun –
Stasis Enchant
Quicksilver Enchant
General Tips to Counter Ekko
Try your best to avoid his stun circle. When Ekko’s first ability, which is timewinder is on cooldown try to get close and do poke damage as he is very vulnerable to it during this time. Other possible counters could be to pick champions that can stun him or have high mobility thus making it harder for him to land his combos and use his ultimate efficiently. Do not engage in fights if you’ve below 30% health as he will most likely kill you even if he has low health. Try not to be in clumps as it’ll be easier to Ekko land his attacks that have AoE damage effects.
With these tips we hope your next match against an Ekko will be a little less frustrating.