Brand vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Brand
based on 10,986 Brand vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Brand vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Brand vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Brand
Tips for Playing as Brand against Ekko
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.
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.
Brand vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Brand in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several influential Brand versus Ekko matchup stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ekko’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Ekko..
Brand typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Ekko. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Brand and Ekko
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Who is Better, Brand or Ekko?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Brand usually fairs equally well when playing against Ekko, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Brand makes an ok counter to Ekko.
While Brand does have a lower winrate compared to Ekko, when on opposite teams, Brand also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Brand into Ekko.
Additionally, Brand has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ekko. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Brand vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Brand is a somewhat poor counter to Ekko. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Brand against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Brand to counter Ekko during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Brand on average racks up less CS as Ekko. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically 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, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The best items to use in your Brand versus Ekko build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Brand used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Ekko than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Brand boasted an average win rate of 49.5% when playing against Ekko with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Ekko as Brand, Brand players should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Brand vs Ekko fights, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.5% winrate overall.
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