Maokai with Ekko
How to Synergize Maokai and Ekko
based on 6,725 Maokai with Ekko pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Maokai Ekko Synergy Summary
Best Maokai vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Maokai and Ekko
Tips for Playing as Maokai with Ekko
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
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.
Maokai Ekko Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ekko as Maokai in LoL
The Maokai Ekko synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ekko, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Maokai sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ekko. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Ekko helps Maokai perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Maokai plays on the same team as Ekko, he sees a little drop in his total damage output. This may indicate that Ekko does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Maokai is played alongside Ekko 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 synergisticly with Ekko.
Moreover, when Maokai plays with Ekko on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Ekko does a decent job of covering Maokai in teamfights.
Synergies between Maokai and Ekko
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Is Maokai better when played alongside Ekko?
There is no ideal companion for Maokai that will no matter what be his best ally. Yet, overall, Ekko is a pretty good ally for Maokai. By locking into the same side as Maokai, he raises their win rate by 1.2% to 53.8%. This demonstrates that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Maokai and Ekko that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Ekko has a much greater difficulty compared to Maokai. That means Maokai players must be careful when enlisting Ekko teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a much higher level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Maokai players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Together, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by pairing Maokai and Ekko together, you may not be providing your side a great deal of attack damage. Make sure to include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Ekko ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, 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
To learn all of the intricacies of Maokai to pair well with Ekko during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to focus on in your Maokai and Ekko synergy build include Thornmail, Celestial Opposition, and Hollow Radiance. When Maokai bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Ekko than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average winrate of 53.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Ekko with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Hextech Flashtraption, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Maokai and Ekko pairings, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.8% winrate overall.
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