Ekko with Graves
How to Synergize Ekko and Graves
based on 5,102 Ekko with Graves pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Ekko Graves Synergy Summary
Best Ekko vs Graves Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Ekko and Graves
Tips for Playing as Ekko with Graves
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 Graves Will Play
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
Ekko Graves Synergy Stats
How to Play with Graves as Ekko in LoL
The Ekko Graves synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Graves, 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 Graves. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Graves helps Ekko perform poorer in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Ekko is an ally to Graves, he observes a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Graves helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Ekko is played alongside Graves on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Graves.
Additionally, when Ekko plays with Graves on the same team, he usually receives much less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Graves does a decent job of protecting Ekko during team fights.
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Is Ekko better when played alongside Graves?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Ekko that will always be his ideal synergy. Yet, overall, Graves is a pretty good companion for Ekko. By playing on the same side as Ekko, he raises their win rate by 1.5% to 52.5%. This proves that there is a potentially meaningful synergy between Ekko and Graves that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Graves has a much lower diffuclty than Ekko. That means Ekko players don't need to be careful when arranging Graves teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Working together, Ekko players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by grouping Ekko and Graves together, you probably will not be granting your team very much utility. Make sure to have other champs on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Graves teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, 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
If you would like to truly master Ekko in order to pair well with Graves during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to have in your Ekko and Graves 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 performed much better when paired up with Graves than with many other common builds. In fact, Ekko had an average win rate of 52.5% helping carry Graves with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Ekko players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for this champion pairing, this order of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.5% winrate overall.
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