Kindred with Ekko
How to Synergize Kindred and Ekko
based on 2,058 Kindred with Ekko pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kindred Ekko Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Kindred and Ekko
Tips for Playing as Kindred with Ekko
Pick which Hunts you want to pursue carefully; getting many of them is the key to success as the game goes on.
Don't go in first to a large team fight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.
Moving around between attacks while jungling will help you avoid damage and also generate more heals from Wolf's Frenzy.
Advice to Understand How Ekko Will Play
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.
Kindred Ekko Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ekko as Kindred in LoL
The Kindred Ekko synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ekko, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kindred sees a large worsening in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ekko. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Ekko helps Kindred perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kindred is paired with Ekko, they sees a little increase in their complete damage dealt. This change may indicate that Ekko helps provide cover for them to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Kindred is played with Ekko on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Ekko.
Additionally, when Kindred plays with Ekko on the same side, they typically takes a little more damage than when they fights alone. Taking more damage may mean that Ekko does a poor job of protecting Kindred during team fights.
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Is Kindred better when played alongside Ekko?
There is no perfect ally for Kindred that will 100% of the time be their #1 ally. However, Ekko is a very typical companion for Kindred. By locking into the same team as Kindred, he raises their win rate by 0.9% to 49.2%. This proves that there is a weak bond between Kindred and Ekko that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Ekko has a much greater difficulty compared to Kindred. That means Kindred players should be careful when lining up Ekko teammates to play with, as they will need a much higher level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Kindred players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by pairing Kindred and Ekko together, you may not be providing your team a great deal of engage. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that offsets this relative hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Ekko ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kindred in order to synergize with Ekko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to master some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to include in your Kindred and Ekko synergy build include Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kindred used at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better as an ally of Ekko than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kindred boasted an average win rate of 49.2% when playing alongside Ekko with these items in their kit.
To have the highest chance of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Kindred and Ekko pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Ekko with Kindred are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.