Chronobreak is a potent escape tool, but it can also be quite powerful when used offensively. Don't underestimate its damage potential.
If you can proc Z-Drive Resonance on an enemy champion, it's worth taking risks to do so. The bonus Move Speed makes it easy to escape.
Phase Dive's dash is a great tool for setting up Ekko's other abilities. Use it to get double hits with Timewinder or get into position to detonate Parallel Convergence.
Rappel has a long cooldown. Elise is vulnerable after she has used it.
Elise's Spider Form is more dangerous when you are at low health, and her Human Form more potent when you are at high health.
Rappel will only move Elise straight up and down unless she can descend upon an enemy unit.
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several influential Ekko vs. Elise counter statistics that may help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Ekko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Elise’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ekko may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Elise..
Ekko usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Elise. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ekko usually wins when playing against Elise, with a 53.9% win rate. As a result, Ekko makes a great counter for Elise.
While Ekko does have a higher winrate than Elise, when facing one another, Ekko also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Ekko into Eliseas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Ekko has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Elise. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ekko vs Elise matchups, Ekko is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Ekko is a great counter to Elise. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ekko against Elise.
To truly master Ekko to counter Elise during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ekko typically picks up much more CS compared to Elise. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Ekko versus Elise build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Ekko included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Elise than with many other typical builds. In fact, Ekko had an average winrate of 53.9% when playing against Elise with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Elise as Ekko, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Ekko vs Elise clashes, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Elise as Ekko are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to an individual rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.