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.
Despair is very effective against other tanks, so make sure you're in range of opponents with the highest Health.
Amumu is highly dependent on teammates, so try laning with your friends for maximum effectiveness.
Cooldown Reduction on Amumu is very strong, but it's often difficult to itemize for it. Grab the Golem buff whenever possible to gain Cooldown Reduction without sacrificing stats.
The Ekko Amumu synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Amumu, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Ekko sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Amumu. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Amumu helps Ekko perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Ekko is an ally to Amumu, he sees a noticable increase in his total damage output. This change could demonstrate that Amumu provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Ekko is played together with Amumu on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Amumu.
Moreover, when Ekko plays with Amumu on the same team, he often takes less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Amumu does a decent job of covering Ekko during team fights.
There is no one best ally for Ekko that will no matter what be his top synergy. Yet, overall, Amumu is a very typical ally for Ekko. By playing on the same side as Ekko, he lowers their win rate by -0.5% to 50.5%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong bond between Ekko and Amumu that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Amumu has a much lower diffuclty than Ekko. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Amumu allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Working on the same side, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by bringing Ekko and Amumu together, you will not be providing your team a lot of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to have other champions on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in their kit.
Regardless of your Amumu ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
To learn all of the intricacies of Ekko in order to synergize with Amumu during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to have in your Ekko and Amumu synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Ekko bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Amumu than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Ekko had an average win rate of 50.5% helping carry Amumu with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, Ekko players should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Ekko and Amumu pairings, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.5% winrate overall.
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