Ekko vs Nunu & Willump Counter Pick

Sustain and objective control beat burst here. Ekko finishes at 45.4% across 469 jungle games on patch 16.13.1 against a pairing rated only 4 for difficulty.

• Consume takes a bite out of a monster or champion for damage and healing, keeping Willump topped up between camps and blunting the poke Timewinder is meant to provide.
• Snowball Barrage roots champions and large monsters struck by its snowballs, and a rooted Ekko cannot use Phase Dive to reposition or reach Chronobreak’s return point safely.
• Absolute Zero slows an area and detonates for heavy damage, punishing the tight commitment radius a Z-Drive Resonance third hit demands.

The stat comparison favors Ekko nearly everywhere: 655 health to 610, 32 armor to 29, and a level 18 pool of 2,338 against 2,140. Nunu & Willump answer with 345 move speed to 340 and with Call of the Freljord, which passes attack speed and move speed to a nearby ally as well. Their damage is magic while Ekko’s is mixed, so his 32 magic resist is the stat that actually matters in the exchange. Biggest Snowball Ever! grows in size and speed as it rolls and knocks up whatever it reaches, so open ground is the wrong place to contest an objective against them. Their 100.4 armor at level 18 trails his 103.4, and both sides spend mana. Chronobreak is his cleanest response to a committed Absolute Zero.