Ekko with Taric
How to Synergize Ekko and Taric
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Ekko Taric Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Ekko and Taric
Tips for Playing as Ekko with Taric
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 Taric Will Play
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
Ekko Taric Synergy Stats
How to Play with Taric as Ekko in LoL
The Ekko Taric synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Taric, 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 Taric. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Taric helps Ekko perform not as well in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Ekko is paired with Taric, he sees a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Taric provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Ekko is played together with Taric on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Taric. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Taric.
Additionally, when Ekko plays with Taric on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Taric does a decent job of covering Ekko during teamfights.
Synergies between Ekko and Taric
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Is Ekko better when played alongside Taric?
There is no perfect companion for Ekko that will 100% of the time be his best ally. However, Taric is a decent ally for Ekko. By locking into the same team as Ekko, he increases their win rate by 1.8% to 52.8%. This demonstrates that there is a good bond between Ekko and Taric that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Taric has a much lower diffuclty than Ekko. That means Ekko players don't need to be cautious when finding Taric allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Ekko players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to support your allies. Combined, these champions will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Although, by pairing Ekko and Taric together, you may not be granting your team a lot of attack damage. Make sure to include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in their kit.
Regardless of your Taric ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ekko to synergize with Taric during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The top items to use in your Ekko and Taric synergy build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Ekko used at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Taric than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Ekko boasted an average win rate of 52.8% helping carry Taric with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Ekko and Taric pairings, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.8% win rate overall.
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