Pyke vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Pyke
based on 6,055 Pyke vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Ekko
The Tap version of Bone Skewer is much faster and deals additional damage.
A lot of your agressive spells are also your escapes. Make sure you always have a plan to get out of the fight.
Hitting an enemy with the Hold version of Bone Skewer will always pull them the same distance. Use it in melee range to throw targets behind you.
Pyke is very fragile so don't be afraid to temporarily run from a fight. You can regenerate a significant amount of health from Gift of the Drowned Ones when enemies can't see you.
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.
Pyke vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several critical Pyke versus Ekko counter stats that can help us grasp the differences between the two. For instance, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ekko’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ekko..
Pyke usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Ekko. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Ekko
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Who is Better, Pyke or Ekko?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Pyke usually loses when trying to fight Ekko, with a 48.0% win rate. Thus, Pyke makes a bad counter for Ekko.
While Pyke does have a lower win rate compared to Ekko, when facing one another, Pyke also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Pyke into Ekkoas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Pyke also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ekko. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Pyke is a garbage counter to Ekko. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Pyke against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Pyke to counter Ekko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke most often picks up less CS compared to Ekko. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Pyke versus Ekko build consist of Edge of Night, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Pyke combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Ekko than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Pyke had an average win rate of 48.0% battling Ekko with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Ekko as Pyke, Pyke players should use the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Relentless Hunter, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Pyke vs Ekko battles, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.0% win rate overall.
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