Poppy vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Poppy
based on 3,109 Poppy vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Poppy vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Poppy vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Poppy
Tips for Playing as Poppy against Ekko
Keeper's Verdict can be released immediately to send the enemy straight up, take advantage of this in duels.
Iron Ambassador tends to land near walls, try to take advantage of this with Heroic Charge.
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.
Poppy vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Poppy in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several vital Poppy against Ekko counter statistics that can help you distinguish the distinctions between this pair of champs. Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ekko’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Ekko..
Poppy often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Ekko. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Poppy and Ekko
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Who is Better, Poppy or Ekko?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Poppy usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Ekko, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Poppy makes an ok counter to Ekko.
While Poppy does have a lower winrate than Ekko, when facing one another, Poppy also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Poppy into Ekko.
Moreover, Poppy also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ekko. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Poppy is a somewhat poor counter to Ekko. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Poppy against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Poppy to counter Ekko during both the early game 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 mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Poppy usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Ekko. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Poppy versus Ekko build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Poppy bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better countering Ekko than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Poppy had an average winrate of 49.7% when playing against Ekko with this counter build.
To have the best chance of crushing Ekko as Poppy, you should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Poppy vs Ekko face-offs, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.7% win rate overall.
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