Katarina vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Katarina
based on 6,431 Katarina vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Katarina vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Katarina vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Katarina
Tips for Playing as Katarina against Ekko
Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.
Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.
Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.
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.
Katarina vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Katarina in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some critical Katarina vs. Ekko counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ekko’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Ekko..
Katarina typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives less damage than Ekko. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Katarina and Ekko
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Who is Better, Katarina or Ekko?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Katarina usually loses when facing off against Ekko, with a 47.3% win rate. Thus, Katarina makes a poor counter to Ekko.
While Katarina does have a lower win rate than Ekko, when they face off with one another, Katarina also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Katarina into Ekkoas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Katarina also has only a small amount 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 a single best champion in League of Legends, in Katarina vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Katarina is a terribly counter to Ekko. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Katarina against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Katarina in order to counter Ekko during both the laning 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 listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Katarina typically racks up more CS as Ekko. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Katarina versus Ekko build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Stormsurge. When Katarina included at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better countering Ekko than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Katarina boasted an average winrate of 47.3% battling Ekko with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Ekko as Katarina, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Katarina vs Ekko matchups, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.3% winrate overall.
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