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.
Mortal Will activates after 5 spells or basic attacks - plan your way through fights to allow you to activate it more than once.
Whittle the enemy down with Comet Spears before you jump in.
If an enemy is going to get out of range of your Aegis Assault, you can recast the spell to immediately fire the shield slam.
The Ekko Pantheon synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Pantheon, 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 Pantheon. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Pantheon helps Ekko perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Ekko tries to synergize with Pantheon, he sees a small increase in his total damage output. This difference could signal that Pantheon helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Ekko is played alongside Pantheon on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Pantheon.
Additionally, when Ekko plays with Pantheon on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Pantheon does a poor job of protecting Ekko during teamfights.
There is no ideal companion for Ekko that will 100% of the time be his top ally. However, overall, Pantheon is a very typical ally for Ekko. By being on the same team as Ekko, he improves their win rate by 0.7% to 51.7%. This signals that there is only a small bond between Ekko and Pantheon that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Pantheon has a much lower diffuclty than Ekko. That means you don't need to be very careful when arranging Pantheon allies to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
When playing together, Ekko players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by pairing Ekko and Pantheon together, you may not be giving your side very much protection for burst damage. Make sure to have other champions on your team that helps cover this gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Pantheon teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
If you would like to truly master Ekko in order to pair well with Pantheon during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to have in your Ekko and Pantheon 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 as an ally of Pantheon than with most other common builds. In fact, Ekko boasted an average win rate of 51.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Pantheon with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating your oponents, Ekko players should take the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Future's Market runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Ekko and Pantheon pairings, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.7% win rate overall.
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