Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
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 stat comparisons shown on this page show some important Orianna against Ekko matchup stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ekko’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Ekko..
Orianna typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Ekko. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Orianna usually loses when trying to fight Ekko, with a 46.2% win rate. Therefore, Orianna makes a poor counter for Ekko.
While Orianna does have a lower win rate than Ekko, when facing one another, Orianna also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Orianna into Ekkoas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Orianna also has some amount of utility and CC, 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 in League of Legends, in Orianna vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Orianna is a terribly counter for Ekko. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Orianna against Ekko.
To truly master Orianna to counter Ekko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Orianna usually racks up more CS as Ekko. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Orianna versus Ekko build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Orianna included at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better countering Ekko than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Orianna had an average win rate of 46.2% when countering Ekko with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Ekko as Orianna, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Orianna vs Ekko face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.2% win rate overall.
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