Aphelios with Ekko
How to Synergize Aphelios and Ekko
based on 4,322 Aphelios with Ekko pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Aphelios Ekko Synergy Summary
Best Aphelios vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Aphelios and Ekko
Tips for Playing as Aphelios with Ekko
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
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.
Aphelios Ekko Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ekko as Aphelios in LoL
The Aphelios 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, Aphelios sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ekko. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Ekko helps Aphelios perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Aphelios is an ally to Ekko, he gets a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Ekko provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Aphelios is played alongside Ekko on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Ekko.
Additionally, when Aphelios plays with Ekko on the same side, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Ekko does a poor job of protecting Aphelios in team fights.
Synergies between Aphelios and Ekko
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Is Aphelios better when played alongside Ekko?
There is no one best champion pairing for Aphelios that will no matter what be his ideal ally. Yet, Ekko is a good companion for Aphelios. By being on the same side as Aphelios, he improves their win rate by 1.6% to 50.2%. This clearly indicates that there is a somewhat important strategic relationship between Aphelios and Ekko that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Ekko has a lower difficulty than Aphelios. That means Aphelios players don't need to be very careful when arranging Ekko comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to work well with you.
Playing on the same side, Aphelios players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by pairing Aphelios and Ekko together, you probably will not be providing your other allies a lot of cover. We recommend you include other champs on your team that neutralizes this gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Ekko teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios in order to synergize with Ekko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to build first in your Aphelios and Ekko synergy build consist of Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and The Collector. When Aphelios incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Ekko than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average winrate of 50.2% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Ekko with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing your oponents, Aphelios players should equip the Press the Attack, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this champion pairing, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Ekko with Aphelios are given for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.