Ekko with Bard
How to Synergize Ekko and Bard
based on 5,461 Ekko with Bard pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Ekko Bard Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Ekko and Bard
Tips for Playing as Ekko with Bard
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.
Advice to Understand How Bard Will Play
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.
Ekko Bard Synergy Stats
How to Play with Bard as Ekko in LoL
The Ekko Bard synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Bard, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Bard. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Bard helps Ekko perform poorer in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Ekko is an ally to Bard, he gets a little increase in his total damage dealt. This change may indicate that Bard provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Ekko is played with Bard on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Bard.
Additionally, when Ekko plays with Bard on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Bard does a poor job of covering Ekko during team fights.
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Is Ekko better when played alongside Bard?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Ekko that will always be his top teammate. Yet, Bard is a pretty good companion for Ekko. By playing on the same side as Ekko, he increases their win rate by 2.9% to 53.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a good strategic relationship between Ekko and Bard that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Bard has a greater difficulty than Ekko. That means you should be careful when finding Bard teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting together, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. When paired, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by bringing Ekko and Bard together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates a lot of engage potential. Make sure to have other champs on your team that offsets this relative gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Bard ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your 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
To learn all of the intricacies of Ekko to pair well with Bard during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to prioritize in your Ekko and Bard synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Ekko used at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Bard than with many other common builds. In fact, Ekko boasted an average winrate of 53.9% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Bard with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Ekko and Bard pairings, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.9% win rate overall.
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