Bard with Ekko
How to Synergize Bard and Ekko
based on 5,461 Bard with Ekko pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Bard Ekko Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Bard and Ekko
Tips for Playing as Bard with Ekko
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
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.
Bard Ekko Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ekko as Bard in LoL
The Bard 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, Bard sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ekko. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Ekko helps Bard perform poorer in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Bard is an ally to Ekko, he sees a little increase in his full damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Ekko provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Bard is played alongside Ekko on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Ekko.
Additionally, when Bard plays with Ekko on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Ekko does a poor job of protecting Bard in team fights.
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Is Bard better when played alongside Ekko?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Bard that will always be his top ally. However, Ekko is a pretty good teammate for Bard. By locking into the same team as Bard, he raises their win rate by 1.6% to 53.9%. This demonstrates that there is a good strategic relationship between Bard and Ekko that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Ekko has a lower difficulty than Bard. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Ekko teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to work well with you.
Working cooperatively, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by aligning Bard and Ekko together, you will not be granting your side very much tankyness. We recommend you have other champions on your team that offsets this relative hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Ekko ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Bard to work well with Ekko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to include in your Bard and Ekko synergy build include Trailblazer, Bloodsong, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Ekko than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Bard had an average winrate of 53.9% when playing alongside Ekko with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, Bard players should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Conditioning, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.9% winrate overall.
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