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@Riot What do you think counters Ekko?

TheSuperBase·5/29/2015, 2:59:57 AM·2 votes·1,112 views

will be discussing the new champion released .

I am gold 4 and trying to climb the latter. With the release of ekko I understand there will be mass playing of the champion. IF you do not want to fight ekko, you MUST play draft and have your team perma ban him, but this does not help you in learning how to counter Ekko. You must lane against Ekko to learn how to fight Ekko in rank or in other games in the future.

This is your best time to learn how to fight a ekko but to be honest, I don’t see how there is a counter to ekko. I have been studding Ekko and I have considered him to be broken from the beginning and not the usual levels of brokenness of a new champ being released but just or levels of broken. I have been trying to think of a way to counter an ekko but I cannot currently. The closet that I can think of it or out sustaining ekko in a tank formatting like , or .

Usually riot will have ideas in their mind of a few counter picks to a new champion being released. I just want to hear what riot thinks counters Ekko.

5 Comments

TheSaltyScourge5/29/2015, 3:01:35 AM2 votes

Sustain bruisers make Ekko cry.

UberAffe5/29/2015, 3:19:46 AM1 votes

Any champion with poke can counter him. His w and r have a 3.5 -4 second warning on the area that you do not want to be in. His q is his main engagement ability, it provides 2 of the 3 stacks he needs and without those stacks and the slow it is hard for him to proc his passive. His e is only good as an engage if it is paired with his w.

Basically if you can avoid his q he doesn't have a very good way of getting his passive damage to proc. This also means that while his q is on cd, assuming it didn't hit you, is when you should be going in to trade with him.

Mercury Hammer5/29/2015, 3:26:56 AM1 votes

Kayle Kennen Lissandra Kassadin Leblanc Anivia Lulu Ziggs Xerath I would guess these but I haven't gotten to play much against him. Some are also skill match ups

Maximum Zilean5/29/2015, 3:48:59 AM1 votes

My favorite champion to pick against him so far is Lissandra , harass him down with your Q, and if he goes in for a trade just W him and back off a little and continue Q'ing him.

If he goes all in, counter it by ulting him and follow up with your own burst.

Also if he throws his W over you, just claw out of it.

Sire Hippington5/29/2015, 4:32:18 AM1 votes

most eccos i've seen yet go full squishy, so pick instant cc+burst ap- Annie and Malzahar worked quite well so far. if he goes more tanky, picks like Nautilus and Chogath definitly have potential