Ekko vs Xin Zhao in Mid lane is a hard lane on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: his ult disengages you right as you commit — he peels out the moment you go for a W and you can't finish. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · MIDEKKOthe Boy Who Shattered Time

⇄ ChangeENEMY · MIDXIN ZHAOthe Seneschal of Demacia

VS

Heavily unfavoredPre-6 HardPost-6 HardTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

His R cancels your kill

Crescent Guard lets him knock you off and blunt your burst just as you try to land W — he escapes instead of dying.

Fight levels 3-6

Your realistic window is levels 3-6; outside that, shove him in and deny rather than duel.

Perma-shove, don't duel

Push him under turret and farm — he's one of the strongest duelists in the game, so don't trade him straight up.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never duel him on even items — he stomps you and can still win the game after the early phase.

Runes

DOMINATION

SORCERYuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 56% WR - 556 games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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