Chaaaaaaaarge!!! can be cast at a great range. Try and predict where the enemy team will be by the time you reach them.
The last hit of Violent Tendencies deals more damage than the first three - make sure you hit it!
Kled generates some courage by killing minions, but gets much more from fighting Champions.
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.
The stats shown here feature some influential Kled against Ekko counter stats that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. Kled’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ekko’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kled may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ekko..
Kled often has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Ekko. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kled usually fairs equally well when playing against Ekko, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Kled makes an ok counter for Ekko.
While Kled does have a lower win rate than Ekko, when on opposite teams, Kled also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kled into Ekkoas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kled has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ekko. This often 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Kled 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 team fights.
Kled is a somewhat poor counter for Ekko. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kled against Ekko.
If you would like to truly master Kled to counter Ekko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kled typically gets more CS relative to Ekko. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Kled versus Ekko build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Eclipse, and Profane Hydra. When Kled incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Ekko than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kled had an average winrate of 49.6% when countering Ekko with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Ekko as Kled, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Kled vs Ekko counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.6% winrate overall.
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