Who counters Ekko?

Estrogen Rider·6/1/2015, 12:20:07 PM·1 votes·12,960 views

Last game I was playing Ziggs vs Ekko. He countered me so hard that I had to take it in the butt multiple times because he had too much mobility and damage.

But let's ask the big question here - who truly counters him? I can imagine squishy ranged casters doing a terrible job vs him because they're squishy, but assassins are also quite poor against him due to his health reset on his R. What about tanks then?

The way I see it is that Ekko is like a combination of Ahri and Fizz with more CC, more mobility, and a "get-out-of-jail-free-card" on his ult.

21 Comments

isKOPPEN6/1/2015, 12:55:19 PM4 votes

Vladimir

Nucleophilic atk6/1/2015, 2:28:27 PM3 votes

Ekko counters Ekko.

Khâmul6/1/2015, 5:49:55 PM2 votes

Malzahar Mordekaiser Diana Kassadin are good against him.one can avoid the clone,one can supress him and the other two don't even give a damn about his ultimate

AyRe CoNteMpT6/1/2015, 12:34:33 PM1 votes

ziggs counters ekko pretty hard, same as all waveclear mages or bruisers like diana, mordekaiser, and even wukong and riven. basically every champion who isnt shit.

tifas left elbow6/1/2015, 12:44:50 PM1 votes

I played against an Ekko Mid as Malzahar and won lane. I dunno that Malz counters him, but I certainly gave him a hard time. He complained in allchat the whole time about Malz being OP. (lol)

lolipopevelynn6/1/2015, 12:46:32 PM1 votes

Malzahar Swain

these 2 champs mid makes him cry. he cant CS vs a good swain or malz and NEEDS jungle pressure to get through the lane.

Urgot also does decently well vs him.

GroundRuleDouble6/1/2015, 12:54:21 PM1 votes

I've had luck with assassins like LeBlanc and Katarina. He's very squishy early and they can take advantage of that.

SnugglePuggle946/1/2015, 2:17:39 PM1 votes

I wrecked him with Morgana and did pretty well with Annie . I think any champ with CC will have a better chance. Take Chogath for a spin against him, see how that works out :)

The Tilted King6/1/2015, 2:19:57 PM1 votes

Talon and Kat do. Just from experience

Player of Games6/1/2015, 2:27:46 PM1 votes

Mordekaiser is an absolute hard counter. He has greater and easier waveclear, has decent sustain after a hextech item while Ekko doesn't, his upfront burst is far greater than Ekko's (Morde's solo hit Q and E are a force), and best of all his shield literally negates any Q poke and all trades even if it's half way charged.

Ekko used ult to try and burst you or get away? No problem, press R and ignite for huge dot ticks while also negating any of Ekko's burst. This was a nightmare lane for me, and the only way to win this lane is to have your jungle camp Mordekaiser (if they aren't already), until you get ahead enough.

Leblanc also puts him in the coffin, you cannot safely farm, her level 6 burst is disgusting as usual, and if you ever get into melee range to try and trigger your passive you will get chained and chunked.

FHMarshy6/1/2015, 3:09:01 PM1 votes

Annie and LB are 2 really good ones.

Dark Nephthys6/1/2015, 5:44:45 PM1 votes

I would think Galio actually counters him since he does counter practically all AP champions. Though with Ekko's ultimate and Galio's lack of "burst" I think you'd need to make sure you hit him with a few Q's before thinking about going all in, or have a jungler come in. However, as far as can easily survive lane against him, I would think Galio would do fine.

Strawberrycocoa6/1/2015, 5:45:24 PM1 votes

Hard CC counters him, try Leona

demonbloodriver6/9/2015, 7:40:47 PM1 votes

Yasuo i have played against an ekko as yasuo more than 3 times and i rekt him all times soooo ya.

Lil Might6/12/2015, 3:55:42 AM1 votes

Actually I think Cho works really well against ekko because cho ignores ekko's pokes. You can also poke him from far away when you need to and also silence him if he comes too close.

RussoRed6/1/2015, 12:27:27 PM1 votes

tbh no one knows really yet but tbh most likely himer because he counters those mobile champs prity well just a guess

ItsStout6/12/2015, 4:11:48 AM1 votes

Bruisers, same asto any asassin .

Pantheon and Irelia mid shit on his ass.

MLDzXnRRR6/1/2015, 12:29:51 PM1 votes

CC, long range... Yasuo shits on him too. In higher elo Ekko will 90% lose the lane, because if he goes in, he will probably get wrecked by the enemy jungler who know that Ekko will probably try to jump on their midlaner to activate his passive. I don't see how Ekko can kill Ziggs, you probably overextended near him and couldn't dodge his slow Q... IF he all-ins you you can minefield and jump back. His Ult is unreliable for any dmg and is good only in a long teamfights, escapes, you chasing him...

Romance6/1/2015, 12:30:06 PM1 votes

I destroyed him as Kassadin in a game. Heimer might do really well, Lissandra probably would decimate him (can't ult you if you kill him in your ult)