Ekko with Zilean
How to Synergize Ekko and Zilean
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Ekko Zilean Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Ekko and Zilean
Tips for Playing as Ekko with Zilean
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 Zilean Will Play
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Ekko Zilean Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zilean as Ekko in LoL
The Ekko Zilean synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zilean, 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 Zilean. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Zilean helps Ekko perform poorer in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Ekko is an ally to Zilean, he observes a little increase in his full damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Zilean helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Ekko is played together with Zilean on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Zilean.
Moreover, when Ekko plays with Zilean on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Zilean does a poor job of protecting Ekko in teamfights.
Synergies between Ekko and Zilean
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Is Ekko better when played alongside Zilean?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Ekko that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. However, overall, Zilean is a very typical ally for Ekko. By being on the same team as Ekko, he raises their win rate by 0.9% to 51.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak strategic relationship between Ekko and Zilean that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Zilean has a lower difficulty than Ekko. That means Ekko players don't need to be cautious when arranging Zilean comrades to play with, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to do well with you.
When playing alongside, Ekko players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by grouping Ekko and Zilean together, you may not be giving your side a great deal of sustained damage output. Make sure to include other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Zilean ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Ekko in order to synergize with Zilean during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to focus on in your Ekko and Zilean synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Ekko bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Zilean than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Ekko boasted an average winrate of 51.9% helping carry Zilean with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for this champion pairing, this order of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.9% win rate overall.
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