Azir vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Azir
based on 3,170 Azir vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Azir vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Azir vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Azir
Tips for Playing as Azir against Ekko
Be a bird!
In the lane, try to position your soldiers between the enemy's minions and the enemy champion. This way you can use them both to last hit and to project threat onto your lane opponent.
Be careful about putting down both of the soldiers stored by Arise! Unless you're going all-in, always have a soldier in your back pocket if you need to escape over a wall or if you misposition your other soldier and need damage now.
Think of Emperor's Divide as a defensive ability first and foremost. Use it when the enemy engages on you or your allies. Remember that your team can walk through the soldiers summoned by Emperor's Divide and use this to your advantage when enemy melee champions engage on you.
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.
Azir vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Azir in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some vital Azir versus Ekko counter statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Azir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ekko’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Azir may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ekko..
Azir often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Ekko. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Azir and Ekko
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Who is Better, Azir or Ekko?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Azir usually loses when taking on Ekko, with a 47.2% win rate. Thus, Azir makes a poor counter for Ekko.
While Azir does have a lower win rate than Ekko, when on opposite teams, Azir also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Azir into Ekkoas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Azir has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ekko. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Azir vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Azir is a bad counter to Ekko. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Azir against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Azir in order to counter Ekko during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Azir most often picks up more CS compared to Ekko. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Azir versus Ekko build consist of Nashor's Tooth, Void Staff, and Shadowflame. When Azir combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Ekko than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Azir had an average winrate of 47.2% when playing against Ekko with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Ekko as Azir, Azir players should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Azir vs Ekko fights, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Ekko as Azir are displayed for all skill levels combined. To filter the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.