Taliyah vs Ekko Counter Pick

Chronobreak is the problem that accuracy alone does not solve. Ekko becomes untargetable, rewinds to where he stood seconds earlier and returns with health restored, so a full combo landed on him can be partly refunded after the fact. Taliyah has no comparable reset, and her recorded 41.94% over 124 games on patch 16.13.1 carries a Hard grade.

Her defensive numbers make each mistake expensive. She begins with 550 health and 18 base armor, reaching 2,318 and 97.9 at level 18, against 655 and 32 climbing to 2,338 and 103.4. His damage registers as mixed, so neither resistance on its own cuts much of it, and Z-Drive Resonance adds bonus magic damage plus a burst of speed on every third hit against the same target, a threshold reached quickly once Phase Dive teleports him onto her.

Her counterplay runs through terrain. Rock Surfing grants move speed near walls, Weaver’s Wall crosses most of the map, and Unraveled Earth stuns anything that dashes through it, which is the clean punish for Phase Dive. Seismic Shove can also throw him into the minefield instead of away from it. His 340 move speed against 330 and his difficulty rating of 8 against her 5 mean the fight usually happens on his terms, and a 124-game sample is thin enough that the exact figure deserves loose treatment.