Briar with Ekko
How to Synergize Briar and Ekko
based on 4,799 Briar with Ekko pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Briar Ekko Synergy Summary
Best Briar vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Briar and Ekko
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.
Briar Ekko Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ekko as Briar in LoL
The Briar Ekko synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ekko, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Briar sees a very large drop in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ekko. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Ekko helps Briar perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Briar plays on the same team as Ekko, they gets a small decrease in their total damage dealt. This change may signal that Ekko does not support by providing cover for them to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Briar is played together with Ekko on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Ekko.
Additionally, when Briar plays with Ekko on the same team, they usually takes a little less damage than when they fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Ekko does a decent job of covering Briar during teamfights.
Synergies between Briar and Ekko
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Is Briar better when played alongside Ekko?
There is no perfect companion for Briar that will 100% of the time be their top ally. Yet, overall, Ekko is a decent companion for Briar. By playing on the same side as Briar, he increases their win rate by 1.9% to 53.6%. This proves that there is a good bond between Briar and Ekko that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Ekko has a much greater difficulty compared to Briar. That means you should be careful when lining up Ekko comrades to play with, as they will need a much higher level of skill to work well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Briar players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Together, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by pairing Briar and Ekko together, you will not be granting your other teammates enough cover. Make sure to have other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Ekko ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Briar in order to pair well with Ekko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to have in your Briar and Ekko synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, The Collector, and Opportunity. When Briar combined at least these three finished items in their build, they performed significantly better as an ally of Ekko than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Briar had an average win rate of 53.6% when playing alongside Ekko with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.6% winrate overall.
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