Alistar with Ekko
How to Synergize Alistar and Ekko
based on 3,340 Alistar with Ekko pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Alistar Ekko Synergy Summary
Best Alistar vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Alistar and Ekko
Tips for Playing as Alistar with Ekko
Using Flash can allow you catch your target off guard to knock them back into your allies with Pulverize and Headbutt.
Move Speed is very important on Alistar. Consider which boots to buy carefully.
Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.
Advice to Understand How Ekko Will Play
Chronobreak is a potent escape tool, but it can also be quite powerful when used offensively. Don't underestimate its damage potential.
If you can proc Z-Drive Resonance on an enemy champion, it's worth taking risks to do so. The bonus Move Speed makes it easy to escape.
Phase Dive's dash is a great tool for setting up Ekko's other abilities. Use it to get double hits with Timewinder or get into position to detonate Parallel Convergence.
Alistar Ekko Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ekko as Alistar in LoL
The Alistar Ekko synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ekko, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Alistar sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ekko. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Ekko helps Alistar perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Alistar is paired with Ekko, he gets a small increase in his full damage dealt. This change may indicate that Ekko helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Alistar is played alongside Ekko on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Ekko.
Additionally, when Alistar plays with Ekko on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Ekko does a poor job of covering Alistar in teamfights.
Synergies between Alistar and Ekko
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Is Alistar better when played alongside Ekko?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Alistar that will no matter what be his ideal ally. However, overall, Ekko is a good teammate for Alistar. By playing on the same side as Alistar, he increases their win rate by 1.0% to 50.4%. This proves that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Alistar and Ekko that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Ekko has a greater difficulty than Alistar. That means you must be cautious when lining up Ekko teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing together, Alistar players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to provide a lot of utility for your team. When paired, these champions will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Although, by pairing Alistar and Ekko together, you probably will not be providing your team a lot of AD. Make sure to have other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of your Ekko ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Alistar to work well with Ekko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to include in your Alistar and Ekko synergy build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Alistar combined at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Ekko than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Alistar boasted an average win rate of 50.4% helping carry Ekko with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Alistar players should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.4% win rate overall.
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