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.
The Ekko Nilah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nilah, 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 Nilah. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Nilah helps Ekko perform not as well in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Ekko plays on the same team as Nilah, he observes a little decrease in his full damage dealt. This change could signal that Nilah doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that their support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Ekko is played together with Nilah on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Nilah.
Additionally, when Ekko plays with Nilah on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Nilah does a decent job of protecting Ekko in team fights.
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Ekko that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. Yet, Nilah is a superb companion for Ekko. By playing on the same team as Ekko, they increases their win rate by 3.1% to 54.1%. This signals that there is a strong strategic relationship between Ekko and Nilah that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Nilah has a greater difficulty than Ekko. That means Ekko players should be cautious when finding Nilah comrades to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Together, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by grouping Ekko and Nilah together, you probably will not be providing your other allies much protection for burst damage. Make sure to have other champs on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Nilah ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
If you would like to truly master Ekko to synergize with Nilah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to have in your Ekko and Nilah synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Ekko used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Nilah than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Ekko had an average winrate of 54.1% helping carry Nilah with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, you should take the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Ekko and Nilah pairings, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 54.1% win rate overall.
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